On 10/12/2010 20:53, Mark Lipton wrote:
> On 12/10/10 1:30 PM, Yves wrote:
>> And just to make things even more complicated, the labelling "Bourgogne"
>> does not necessarily imply that it is 100% P.N., as there is the odd bottle
>> of Bourgogne-Passetoutgrains containing a blend of PN and Gamay...
>
> And of course "Bourgogne" can include Chardonnay, too ;-) There's also
> Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire, to really complicate things, that can include
> Gamay, too (and the whites can have Melon de Bourgogne, the grape of
> Muscadet).

Bourgogne Rouge can be 100% Gamay if from one of 9 of the Beaujolais Crus.

And quite a lot of other grapes in small quantities can go into straight
read or white Bourgogne - usually (perhaps exclusively) if there is some
sort of historical precedent in a particular area. I have a white Clos
de l'Arlot, which apparently contains a significant proportion of Pinot
Gris.

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