Description
Region: Marsannay, Burgundy, France
Producer: Domaine Huguenot
Producer: Domaine Huguenot
Vintage: 2022
Grape: Chardonnay
Type: White Wine
Size: 75CL
Grape: Chardonnay
Type: White Wine
Size: 75CL
Note:
A golden color with a bouquet of citrus and yellow fruits, this white Marsannay expresses all the maturity of the grapes. The ample and round palate brings a nice minerality and length. It is a typical and harmonious wine that can be deliciously enjoyed in its youth but will also reveal more of the terroir with time.
Pairing: Match it with white meats: poultry (chicken, Gaston Gérard chicken), veal, pork (filet mignon with a mustard sauce, risotto, seafood, scallops, and even with foie gras. Years in the cellar will make it possible to pair with goat cheese.
Wine-Making:
Harvesting Manual: Selective sorting in the vineyards, then on a vibrating table
Ageing: 12 months in 500-liter oak barrels
Terroir: Limestone with white oolites, marls with Ostrea acuminata, Limestone with entroques, and Limestone from Prémeaux
Age of the vines: 30 to 40 years old
Terrior:
From the North to the South, the vines cover the best parts of the hillside and the foothills (between 255 and 390 meters in altitude), with exposures ranging from full East to South. All the soils are well diversified dating from the Jurassic period: layered grèze, limestone with entroques, marls with Ostrea Acuminata, riverbed of the Ouche or alluvial gravel…