Costco’s Lovely Negociant Burgundy-Andre Goichot Saint-Véran Chardonnay 2024

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Hey,
it's
um
Domain
Dave,
cheaperwinepowder.com.
And
um
it
seems
that
bad
economic
times
makes
for
good
wine
drinking.
Just
saying.
Um
what
we
have
here
today
is
a
Costco
one
I
got
for
$12.99.
It's
the
Andre
Gauchot
Saint
Varennes
Chardonnay
2024.
$12.99
for
a
Burgundy
Chardonnay.
Andre
Gauchat,
which
I'm
probably
butchering
the
name,
is
a
negotiant
that's
been
in
business
since
it's
a
family-run
negotiant,
been
in
business
for
1947.
What
a
negotiant
is,
just
to
be
brief
about
it,
is
that's
somebody
who
has
good
ties
with
the
the
the
vineyards
and
the
wineries
in
your
region,
and
they
always
have
extra
wine.
I
mean,
um
if
you
if
you
every
year
you
sell
this
many
of
this
bottle
of
wine,
this
many
of
that
bottle,
you're
gonna
the
grapes
aren't
always
sometimes
you're
gonna
have
too
few
grapes,
sometimes
you're
gonna
have
too
many.
When
you
have
too
many,
you
want
to
sell
them,
and
often
the
in
the
extra
wine
you
made,
and
the
a
negotiant
will
buy
it.
And
he
will
keep
it
hush
hush
where
he
got
the
wine
from,
and
put
his
own
label
on
it,
and
it's
all
about
trust.
And
here's
a
negotiant
that's
been
in
business
since
1947.
That
tells
you
everything
you
know
about
trust,
and
they're
in
Burgundy.
That's
the
home
of
Chardonnay
and
the
home
of
Pinot
Noir.
These
are
high-end,
very
good
wines.
Now,
Saint
Varin,
if
I'm
pronouncing
that
right
too,
uh
my
French
pronunciation
is
even
worse
than
my
English.
Is
next
to
Polypousset,
which
which
is
a
uh
wine
region
I
used
to
giggle
at
uh
when
I
was
12.
But
um
it's
kind
of
like
they
said
it's
a
belt
around
uh
the
polypose
region.
And
that's
high-end.
That's
this
the
Saint
Verand
is
not
a
bad
region,
but
the
other
ones
got
the
hundred
dollar
and
you
know
the
five
hundred
dollar
wines.
Saint
Verand's
more
but
more
affordable.
I'm
gonna
take
a
sip
of
this
one.
You
see
in
wine
magazine
they're
calling
baby
this
and
baby
that,
and
that's
kind
of
what
this
is.
Because
this
negotiant
is
only
buying
wines
from
the
best
wineries.
I
mean,
there's
no
reason
for
him.
Since
1947,
he
knows
everybody
and
everything.
He
knows
who
had
the
best
years,
he
knows
who's
got
a
winemaker
who's
on
his
game.
I'm
not
saying
he,
it
could
be
they.
But
it's
it's
it's
not
a
it's
a
pretty
cool
thing.
Now,
I
went
on
the
internet
and
tried
to
find
out
something
about
this,
and
once
Costco's
got
a
wine,
the
other,
the
other,
there's
they
were,
and
I
don't
know,
they
still
are,
but
they
were
the
largest
wine
sellers
in
the
United
States.
So
if
uh
if
other
wine
shops
in
your
town
and
you
got
a
Costco
knows
that
Costco's
got
the
wine,
they're
either
discounting
that
wine
to
kind
of
compete
or
they're
not
buying
it
at
all.
So
this
is
a
bargain,
$12.99
Burgundian
Chardonnay,
at
a
Trader
Joe's
price.
Of
course,
it's
Costco,
but
there
you
go.
I'm
gonna
take
another
sip.
This
is
100%
uh
Chardonnay
in
stainless
steel
that
undergoes
monolactic
fermentation,
uh,
which
usually
happens
in
California
when
they
want
to
add
wine
oak
barrels.
Uh
malactic
changes
the
tart
acid
that's
in
every
grape
to
a
more
rounded
lactic
lactose
uh
acid.
So
here
you're
gonna
get
maybe
more
fruit
than
citrus,
but
there's
still
gonna
be
citrus
in
here.
And
it's
aged
for
year
again
is
stainless
steel.
So
this
is
gonna
be
a
little
bit
tighter,
not
gonna
have
all
that
uh
butter
what
California
can
have.
I
can
take
another
sip.
And
this
has
a
very
firm
mouthfeel.
You
know,
you're
not
in
California
anymore
when
you're
drinking
this
wine.
Um
you
know,
I
drink
a
lot
of
West
Coast
Chardonnays
because
that's
where
the
cheap
wine
finder
can
find
good
cheap
wines.
And
this
doesn't
taste
like
that.
You
have
that
and
you're
going,
hmm,
I
don't
know
about
this.
I
mean,
it's
at
first
it
kind
of
throws
you
off
because
it's
it's
tighter.
Uh
the
mouth
feels
firmer.
But
then
as
you
drink
it,
you
go,
okay,
I
get
it.
I
get
it,
I
get
it
100%.
This
thing
has
got
this
thing
is
empexally
made,
it's
got
length,
it's
got
good
flavor.
It's
just
not
the
flavors
I'm
used
to
finding
in
a
um
you
know
central
coat
Chardonnay.
Take
another
sip.
It's
good.
Andre
Gachotte
Saint
Verand
Chardonnay
2024,
a
negotiant
Chardonnay
from
a
very
good
Burgundian
wine
district
that
is
next
to
a
great
Burgundian
wine
district,
and
that
I
mean
in
Burgundy,
you
can
point
to
one
side
of
a
road
and
say
those
the
vineyard
and
and
that
um
and
over
there
on
this
side
of
the
road
has
two
thousand
dollar
bottles,
and
over
here
it's
a
hundred
and
fifty
dollar
bottles,
just
a
a
you
know,
uh
20
yards
putting
them
together.
That's
the
way
it
is,
because
then
up
there,
I
mean,
the
yes,
yes,
there
is
a
difference
in
the
vineyard,
but
yes,
their
history
also
makes
a
difference
in
the
price.
So
this
is
a
good
one.
Um,
if
you
want
to
get
into
something
I
always
if
you
want
to
get
into
a
Burgundian
Chardonnay,
you're
interested
in
that.
It's
not
always
easy
going
to
a
wine
shop
and
trying
to
figure
out
which
one
is
the
one
to
get.
You
can
you
can
ask
the
people
at
the
wine
shop,
that's
for
sure.
Or
you
can
read
the
wine
enthusiam,
white
studio,
wine
spectator,
all
those
things.
And
that
that'll
help
you.
But
when
you
go
to
your
wine
shop,
the
ones
in
the
magazines
might
not
be
there,
the
distributor
might
not
be
in
your
area,
the
importer
might
not
be
in
your
area.
And
maybe
your
taste
isn't
the
same
as
the
guy
at
the
wine
shop.
Maybe
he
has
some
wines
you
like
and
some
wines
you
don't.
If
you
like
this
one,
it's
a
Costco.
It's
easy
to
find,
it's
easy
to
get,
and
it's
a
good
wine.
So
there
you
go,
the
Andre
Goschat.
Uh
it's
G-O-I-C-H-O-T.
Saint
Brain
Chardonnay
2024,
$12.99.
It's
a
kind
of
a
high
end
wine
at
a
low
end
price.
So
adios
keep
it
cheap.
Um
Dave
from
Cheaper
Wine
Fighter.
I'll
be
talking
to
everybody.
Adios,
bye
bye.