It’s a WHITE Burgundy Wednesday… (Hint: check the Store out for a couple more surprises.)

Wait a minute… I KNOW THAT WINE! It all came back when my wine-addled brain ran back seven years and found this.

Inflation, tariffs, and rising reputations aside, this stunning white remains one crazy good bargain.

For starters, per the importer: “the Sarrazin brothers are known for making spectacular high-altitude Côte Chalonnaise Burgundy from the village of Jambles, a tiny hamlet just outside of Givry that is 300 meters above sea level.”

And that’s HIGH for white Burgundy; in a region with abundant sunshine compared to the cooler north, altitude means everything to preserve acidity and freshness. In a generous vintage like 2023, that’s why this single vineyard is stunning, giving wines 10x its price point elsewhere a run for the money.

What Decanter said holds true: *“Waiting patiently for your Burgundies from the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits to reach their fully mature exquisiteness? The five wine-producing communes of the Côte Chalonnaise a little further south provide some excellent options for earlier drinking.”

Which is perhaps why DRC - THE greatest Domaine on earth for Burgundy and beyond - has a sister winery in the Côte Chalonnaise not too far from Sarrazin’s Les Grognots vineyard, Domaine A. & P. de Villaine, carrying the family name proudly. Let that thought sink in at $35 a bottle.

Burgundy Report again has the final word: “The old house / Domaine is in the small hamlet of Jambles which sits on the edge of the Givry appellation, but just 5 minutes through the vineyards of Givry and you end up at an impressive modern cuverie just a little nearer to Givry town. This is a very old family domain that can trace its roots back to 1671. Michel Sarrazin has been succeeded here by his sons Jean-Yves and Guy. The Domaine has a big French clientele - about 60% is bought direct from the cave and only about 20% is exported. Very good wines here, and unusually the whites are every bit as good as the reds (it seems a hard thing in the Côte Chalonnaise) - no sweetly-flavoured, part-oaked Chardonnay, rather wines of tension, minerality and engaging complexity.”

Wouldn’t wait for this to disappear if I were you.