Bottler: Bret Brothers/La Soufrandière, 125 rue Aux Bourgeois, 71680 Vinzelles / France
In the glass
Colour
Radiant, clear straw yellow.
Nose
Nuances of lemon cream pie, fine shortcrust pastry with salted butter and wild flowers, complemented by herbal tea and crisp apple.
Palate
Balanced and silky on the palate, underpinned by ripe acidity, fine powdery tannins and a clear structure.
Character
Puristic, balanced and full of serene depth, with vibrant freshness and an expressive sense of origin.
Pairing
Pan-fried turbot with butter sauces, fresh sea lobster or aged Comté cheese.
Notes
Limited single-vineyard bottling from vines up to 80 years old, aged in concrete egg with spontaneous fermentation and minimal sulphur addition.
Tasting note
Colour & Appearance
Radiant, clear straw yellow.
Nose
An intense, complex scent of lemon meringue pie, creamy crème pâtissière and salted butter shortcrust pastry opens the bouquet. Beneath this, nuances of dried wildflowers, fresh herbal tea and soft apple slices reveal themselves.
Palate
Gliding, calm and deeply balanced on the palate. A ripe, wide-ranging acidity joins with powdery, fine tannins to create structural balance. The wine displays a fine, puristic texture, silky and characterized by a tranquil strength.
Terroir & Origin
The grapes originate from the “Le Clocheton” plot within the historic Les Quarts vineyard site in Pouilly-Vinzelles in the southern Mâconnais (Burgundy). At an altitude of around 230 metres with south-east exposure, the 50- to 80-year-old vines root deeply in the clay- and limestone-rich Bajocian soils, which are rich in silicate crystals.
Grape Variety & Vinification
Pressed from 100% Chardonnay. Following selective hand-harvesting and whole-bunch pressing, the must undergoes spontaneous fermentation. Maturation takes place in a 19-hectolitre concrete egg, whose ovoid shape promotes natural lees circulation. The domain works biodynamically (Demeter-certified); bottling is unfiltered and without added sulphur during vinification.
Food Pairings
Pairs exquisitely with pan-fried turbot, veal cutlet in cream sauce or matured Comté.
Particularities
An extremely limited single-vineyard bottling from the Bret brothers: The rigorous maturation in the concrete egg imparts a silky-matte, almost meditatively calm mouthfeel dimension (“Zen”) to this Chardonnay.
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