1869 Cooling Cups and Dainty drinks by William Terrington

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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 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 to produce annually 75,000,000 gallons.