GRAPE VARIETY
100% Chardonnay
ORIGIN
Burgundy - France
AREA
Mâconnais
APPELLATION
Mâcon-Bussières
TYPE OF APPELLATION
Regional - 0,40 hectare (0,988 acres)
TERROIR
Vines of our plot « Mâcon Bussières » were planted in 1980 Plot’s Plot’s name is also called ‘Pierre Aigüe’
Climat and Soil : full East exposure. The soil is mainly silty and sandy with limestony subsoil. Warm and draining surface give amplitude and concentration to the grapes.
WINEMAKING AND AGING
To preserve their integrity, grapes are carefully harvested and sorted out by hand Full clusters. Following the pneumatic press, juices stay in a vat overnight for a cool settling down. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentations take place in stainless steel vats
Aging process is taking place 100% in traditional Burgundian 228 liters barrels for 10 months. We use around 10% of new barrels. The wine spends 2 months in tanks before bottling.
TASTING NOTES
EYE : White golden colour.
NOSE : The nose is intense with scents of anise, peach, white fleshed fruits.
PALATE : The wine is full-bodiedwith a good persistence which is supported by a good minerality.
SERVICE AND CELLARING
It can be served from now at 11 13 C or cellared for 5 years.
FOOD AND WINE PAIRINGS
Our Mâcon-Bussières 2018 will perfectly pair with a bass cooked in the oven or with cuttlefishes‘a la plancha’.