Dale wrote this last September.
Burgundy is Pinot Noir if red, Chardonnay if white. There are a few exceptions (bourgogne passetoutgrains, bourgogne aligote, Gouges Nuits-St. George, Sauvignon de St. Bris), but the rule will apply to 99.98% of Burgundy you'll find in US.
Does this mean that passetoutgrains is not Pinot Noir, if so, what is it (and if the answer is passetoutgrains, well so be it!)
Steve Slatcher wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
wow! was that fast, thank you.
It's at least 1/3 PN, the rest being Gamay. IIRC the grapes are fermented together.
see below
Aligoté
The red is PN of course, but some of it mutated to white grapes
Sauvignon
Pinot N and Gamay
Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France email link
Passetoutgrains (or Passe-Tout-Grains, or Passetoutgrain!) is Pinot Noir and Gamay. I think that there has to be at least 33% PN. If more Gamay than that (or all Gamay) I think it can be marketed as Bourgogne Grande Ordinaire (but one seldom sees that in US at least). HTH!
Oops, somehow missed that Steve (and Mike) had already answered!
Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire. That's right.
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