100% Chardonnay.
This wine will be perfect paired up with creamy dishes, such as veal stews, or steamed fishes and even goat cheeses.
Ideally serve between 11°C and 13°C [52°F - 55°F]
Can be enjoyed in its youth for its fruitiness. More complex aromas and flavours such as quince jam will develop with time. It will be able to age for 5 to 8 years.
A communal appellation created in 1999, producing exclusively whites from nearly 391 hectares. Viré-Clessé is the first Village appellation to be created from outstanding terroirs within the AOC Mâcon-Villages. Viré and Clessé are two communes in southern Burgundy, located between Tournus and Mâcon.
The cru is made up of two north-south slopes, bounded by the Bourbonne and Mouge valleys. They are made up of Bajocian limestone with entrochs and Oxfordian (Jurassic) marl-limestone strata. Other land at the bottom of the slopes is made up of "chailles" clay (sandstone pebbles), facing east and well drained.
- Steep slopes,
- East, south-east exposure,
- Altitude 200 m to 400 m.