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Burgundy.
with
Romance
Conti,
Richebourg,
La
Tache,
Corton,
Beaune,
Volnay,
Pommard,
and
some
others,
all
rank
as
delicious,
delicate
wines.
The
best
Bur-
gundy
for
travelling
is
Corton,
which
is
a
sound,
enduring
wine.
Macon
and
Beaujolais
are
also
good
wines.
Of
the
white
Burgundies,
the
best
known
are
Montrachet
(so
celebrated
for
its
high
perfume), Muersalt,
the
beautiful
amber
colour
of
the
Goutte
d’Or,
and
Chablis,
which
is
a
white,
dry,
flinty-tasting
wine.
Burgundy
wines
are in
much
request
in
France.
The
district
is
estimated
to
produce
annually
75,000,000
gallons.
The
produce
is
classified
into
growths,
as
those
of
Haute
Bourgogne,
Basse
Bourgogne,
and
Cote
cVOr
;
this
last
producing
the
choicest
growths.
Burgundy
is
stronger
than
Claret,
and
possesses
an
exquisite
aroma,
which,
with
its
delicious
flavour,
crown
it
in
the
estimation
of
epicures
as
the
very
King
of
Wines.
Descending
the
Rhone,
passing
the
St.
Pdray
district,
which
yields
wine
of
no
mean
order,
we
come
to
the
vicinity
of
the
town
of Tain,
where
is
grown
one
of the
finest
wines
France
produces,
the
celebrated
and
scarce
White
and
Red
Hermitage.
These wines
derive
that
name
from
the
ruins
of
an
old
hermitage
that
still
exists
on
the
summit