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<\/a><\/p>\nCharlemagne.\u00a0 Photo courtesy of history.com<\/em><\/p>\n No one encourages you to walk through the vineyards atop that hill, but no one stops you either.\u00a0 And when you do, you can tell yourself that you\u2019re walking in the footsteps of Charlemagne.\u00a0 Yes, that Charlemagne, the fellow who was crowned as the first Holy Roman Emperor on New Year\u2019s Day in the year 800.\u00a0 Back in the day \u2013 way back \u2013 he owned the vineyards atop that hill.<\/p>\n There\u2019s no particular reason to believe that Charlemagne actually trod through the ancestors of these vines. \u00a0But he could have.\u00a0 And that fact alone allows you to indulge yourself in the ancient history of wine.\u00a0 Today and for time immemorial, they\u2019ve grown Chardonnay there and not just any Chardonnay.\u00a0 These grapes go into the grand cru<\/em> white wines that bear the name, Corton-Charlemagne.\u00a0 Legend has it that Mrs. Charlemagne wanted him to drink white wine so his beard wouldn\u2019t appear dirty when he drank.\u00a0 Who knows, it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n Okay, you\u2019ve climbed the hill.\u00a0 You\u2019ve walked through the vines.\u00a0 You\u2019ve bathed yourself in history.\u00a0 What do you do next?<\/p>\n For one thing, go back down the hill and visit the wineries in Aloxe-Corton.\u00a0 There\u2019s no shortage of wineries in and around this village.\u00a0 The best known among them are Louis Latour, Corton-Grancey and Corton C.\u00a0 Some of them offer both grand cru<\/em> whites and reds, which is unique to this little spot along the famous Route des Vins<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 (Most other Burgundian AOCs have one or the other, but not both.)<\/p>\n Corton C, also known as Corton-Andr\u00e9 and Pierre Andr\u00e9 Estates.\u00a0 <\/em>Photo courtesy of Le Bien Public.<\/em><\/p>\n Perhaps more so than any other locale in Wine Country, a major attraction of wine tasting in the C\u00f4te d\u2019Or is the architecture.\u00a0 Oh, Bordeaux and the Loire Valley have magnificent ch\u00e2teaux, but they don\u2019t have the roofs like they have in Burgundy.\u00a0 For centuries, the grandees of the region competed with one another in topping their homes with most elaborate tiling and the area around Aloxe-Corton has some of the most inspiring ones.<\/p>\n In particular, you should make a stop at Corton C (formerly Corton Andr\u00e9 as well as Pierre Andr\u00e9 and many names before that, over the centuries).\u00a0 It lays claim to the Corton-Charlemagne hill and keeps it in production after all these years.\u00a0 The ch\u00e2teau was built only in the 19th<\/sup> century, replacing one from the 18th<\/sup> century which sat on top of the 15th<\/sup> century caves.\u00a0 Once again, history flows through everything here.<\/p>\n The elaborately interlaid tiles, polished and resplendent in the sun, make this winery among the most photographed in the world.\u00a0 And not just the roof.\u00a0 The towers and pinnacles give the whole building a fairy-tale quality.\u00a0 You expect to meet princes and dukes when you enter, but it\u2019s only other wine lovers like yourself.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Right in the middle of Burgundy\u2019s fabled C\u00f4te d\u2019Or, there\u2019s a hill.\u00a0 It\u2019s in the village of Aloxe-Corton, nestled next to Pernand-Vergelesses and Ladoix-Serrigny.\u00a0 For lovers of Burgundy wines, these are not just the place-names of some tiny villages.\u00a0 They\u2019re the names of specific Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs.\u00a0 That hill is also the name of … Continue reading 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