Feb 2, 2007
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Kir Credit: Christopher Hirsheimer

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Canon Félix Kir, a Résistance hero and, later, mayor of Dijon, gave his name to this simple wine cocktail, traditionally made with the rustic Burgundian white wine called aligoté. To make a kir royale, substitute champagne for the wine.

6 oz. chilled dry white wine (preferably aligoté,
   bourgogne blanc, or pouilly-fuissé)
2 tbsp. crème de cassis

1. Pour wine into a wine glass and add crème de cassis, ensuring the mixture attains a dark rosé hue.

Kir

This article was first published in Saveur in Issue #30

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the wine referred to in the drink  aligoté is  a grape not a wine called aligoté. when the esteemed mayor of lyon made this drink the wine was indeed rustic although now many well respected growers use this grape to make excellent wines.
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every bottle of aligoté from burgundy is labeled aligoté. next you will tell me chardonnay is a grape, not a wine.
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We first tried it in Aups in Provence-made with a local Var white wine-maybe it was the place-but now it is our favorite aperatif
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Aligoté is both the name of a grape and a varietal wine as is Chardonnay.

Bourgogne Aligoté is the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) name for white wine produced from the Aligoté grape variety in the region of Burgundy in France.

The crème de cassis in this drink helps balance the acidity of this rather rough varietal.

Interesting to note that the French are adopting varietal labeling more frequently, particularly for vin de pays.
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