Started with my stubbornness of liking burgunder weiß spät grau. Went to wreak to grab to Burgunder really quick on recommendation of the worker and when home I found out I had a chardonnay lol super confused but definitely my absolve favourite just a bit too pricey to drink way too often 🤦🏼♂️ the other one immediately tastes way sweeter and cheaper . Im confused as to why Chardonnay was a Burgund and now also a Riesling? I know the grapes get exported but still confused. Also what’s the price difference justifications?
Thx so much
by Ok_Box1952
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Not sure I understand the question, but I’ll try to help out. Basserman-Jordan make good wines, although this Chardonnay is rather lower tier. Still decent, though. They mostly make Riesling, but there is no Riesling in this bottle. The other one is a no-name cuvee of Chardonnay and Riesling. It’s Feinherb, meaning semisweet. Hope this helps
*”Im confused as to why Chardonnay was a Burgund and now also a Riesling?”*
what.
As for sweetness, it’s clearly stated on the bottle.
Chardonnay is the main white grape in Burgundy, so it makes sense that they would recommend it to you.
Riesling doesn’t have anything to do with Burgundy, they just blended it with Chardonnay (which is not a very common blend, but why not?)
By the way, Spät-, Weiß- and Grauburgunder are actually all the same grape variety (or more precisely: mutations of the same grape variety(‘).
Not totally clear on what you’re asking but I can tell you that Chardonnay is sometimes called Feinburgunder in Germany. Grapes ending in “burgunder” are German names for French grapes (which likely originated from Burgundy in particular). Spatburgunder and blauburgunder are both names for Pinot noir, weissburgunder is Pinot blanc, grauburgunder is Pinot Gris.
Riesling is Riesling, Chardonnay is Chardonnay, though occasionally (rarely in my experience) you will See the Feinburgunder name.
Here you have one feinherb qba that is a blend of the two. Feinherb means it will fall between dry and off dry. Qba means it falls between the lowest end table wines and the wines that fall into the more regulated and often higher quality pradikats system.
The other wine is just Chardonnay from a decent producer.. Nothing on the front of the bottle indicates level of sweetness. I often like Basserman Jordan Rieslings fine but they’ve never blown me away and I’ve never tasted Chardonnay from them.
I just want to add that in Germany and Austria the so called “burgunder” are chardonnay, weißburgunder (pinot blanc), grauburgunder (pinot gris), spätburgunder (pinot noir). Chardonnay is lumped in with the others as a group of varietals.