2023 Domaine Perraud Blanc Mâcon-Villages

Aromas of fresh herbs, ripe lemons, crushed stones, lime zest. Ripe and balanced; thirst-quenching.  Hand-harvested. Grapes are pressed full-cluster then fermented on indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled, stainless steel tanks. Aged primarily in tank; some 10% of the wine is aged in older French oak barrels. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. Vineyards are located on hillsides some 900 feet above sea level or higher, not far from the appellation of Saint-Veran. Soils are a combination of chalk and clay. Soils here are mineral-rich, which contributes to the wine a lacy texture and tangy, sea-salty finish. This is value Chardonnay with a serious soul, a blanc that will seduce and astound those who claim allegiance to Côte de Beaune whites. 100% Chardonnay

Established in 1951 Domaine Perraud de la Grande Burette is located in the commune of La Roche Vineuse, in the Mâconnais region of Burgundy. There, winemaker Thomas Perraud, the most recent in a long lineage of winegrowers, works with older-vine Chardonnay from a series of hillside vineyards located in the “La Grande Burette” lieu-dit, one of the region’s top viticultural terroirs. The soils are very chalky, giving the wines their lacy texture and mineral-infused, slightly saline finish.

100% sustainably farmed Chardonnay from 30-50-year-old vines, the grapes were hand-picked, whole-cluster pressed and fermented on indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled, stainless-steel tanks. Aged primarily in tank (10% was aged in older French oak barrels) on the fine lees. The wine was blended and bottled unfined and unfiltered. A wine “that will seduce and astound those who claim allegiance to Côte de Beaune whites.