Tasting note
Elegant, highly scented wine from the most important village in Burgundy's Côte Chalonnaise, piercing the nose with lemongrass, then beguiling the tongue with citrus, vanilla and spice.
Viticulture
10,000 vines per hectare on composite soils with clay, hard limestone, clear marl and silt, East South East exposure, at around 250 metres above sea level. Low yields and manual harvests with a sorting table in the vineyard.
Vinification
Whole bunch ferment with natural yeasts at controlled temperature for 20 days. Full malolactic fermentation. Matured for 10 months in oak, half 228L and large barrels, 10% new. Unfiltered.
Food Match
Prawns with lemongrass.