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{ discoveries } 50 { THE SOMM JOURNAL } JUNE/JULY 2016 OFTEN WHEN WE THINK OF BOURGOGNE*, we think of high-end, expensive wines. Although some of the best—and therefore most expen- sive—wines hail from Bourgogne, value wines pepper the landscape in the lesser-known regions. Bourgogne includes, from north to south stretching for more than 150 miles, Chablis, the Côte de Nuits, the Côte de Beaune, the Côte Chalonnaise and the Mâconnais. The extravagant wines of Bourgogne fall primarily in the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune, in recognizable appellations such as Gevrey-Chambertin, Nuits-Saint-Georges and Puligny- Montrachet. The not-so-well-known areas, though, offer wines of high-quality at a fraction of the price: the hidden gems of Bourgogne. With research and well-informed recommendations, Bourgogne reveals several hidden gems, particularly in the Mâconnais, in the south of the region. TWO WELL-KNOWN SOMMS—ONE FROM CHICAGO AND ONE FROM L.A.—TALK ABOUT LESSER- KNOWN APPELLATIONS IN THE MÂCONNAIS by Allyson Gorsuch and Jessie Birschbach Bourgogne: Under the Radar