Varietal100% Chardonnay.
Tasting notesColour: Pale gold with green highlights, brilliant and limpid.
Nose: Floral and fruity aromas, with hints of lemon, mint and honeysuckle. Exotic and spicy aromas.
Palate: Well-balanced, with herbaceous and floral notes. This wine is light, charming and fresh. It seduces with its spontaneity and tenderness.
Food and wine pairingEnjoy on its own as an aperitif, or with starters, snails, frogs' legs, mussels, all types of fish, andouillettes, poultry or veal in cream sauce and goat's cheese.
Serving suggestionsServe chilled between 10 and 12°C. (50-54°F.).
Ageing potentialDrink now but can be kept in the cellar for 6 years after the vintage.
OriginsThe Mâconnais is in the southern part of Burgundy, stretching from Tournus to the southern boundary of Saône-et-Loire. This vineyard of almost 3,500 hectares specialises in white wines: Mâcon-Villages, Saint-Véran, Pouilly Fuissé and Pouilly-Vinzelles.
The geographical area covers the whole of the Mâcon arrondissement, but there are 43 communes where a specific demarcation defines the Mâcon-Villages appellations. The sheer size of the vineyard, with its variety of soils and microclimates, makes it possible to offer a wide range of Mâcon blancs.
- Clay-limestone soils.
- East-facing.
- Gentle slope.
- Altitude: around 300 m.
Vinification and maturingGrapes are gently and slowly pressed in pneumatic presses, then the must is settled at low temperature. Fermentation is in temperature controlled vats so to preserve the freshness and natural fruitiness of the grape. The wine undergoes alcoholic fermentation, malolactic fermentation and then matures for 6 to 8 months on fine lees in stainless steel vats.
