The Tour de France, Le Grande Boucle, the ultimate bike race, kicked off this week with three stages in Belgium before the racing actually began in France. The first stages in Belgium brought some excitement and unexpected results with the Dutch team, Jumbo Visma, taking the first two stages and owning the yellow, race leader's, jersey.
The third stage finally delivered the racers to France and Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe did not disappoint. He won the third stage and took the yellow jersey off the Dutchman, Mike Teunissen's shoulders.
With the tour racing through Northeastern France, the teams will spend at least a day in the Burgundy wine region with Stage 8 beginning in Macon. Maconis one of Burgundy's regions that features the Chardonnay grape. This is an exciting region for French wine and it was also a day of exciting racing at le Tour with Alaphilippe retaking the race lead! That gives us the perfect reason to match a Washington Chardonnay with a French Chablis.
2018 Succession Chardonnay vs. 2016 Roland Lavantureux Chablis
