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St. Aubin Blanc 1er Cru "Fleurs de Coteaux," Dom. Matrot - 2015

Name: St. Aubin Blanc 1er Cru "Fleurs de Coteaux," Dom. Matrot
Brand: Matrot
SKU: 32131
Price: 41.96 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 32131 750mL

From limestone-rich hills comes this Premier Cru white Burgundy from the quaint village of Saint Aubin. The vines from the Fleurs de Coteaux site are 35 years old. The grapes were hand-harvested and then fermented with indigenous yeasts in oak barrels (15% new). This was a particularly great vintage and is a wine that can be held back.

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Color

White

Vintage

2015

Country

France

Region

Burgundy

Sub-Region

Côte de Beaune

Appellation/Village

St.-Aubin

Producer

Matrot

Grape Variety

Chardonnay

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Staff Pick Notes

Radiant, golden Burgundy that shows off a premier cru vineyard in a fine vintage. It's perfectly agreeable with a rich chicken dish or on its own at cocktail hour. On the palate notes of fresh pastry, beeswax, pineapple, honeysuckle, and spices. The village of St. Aubin is west Montrachet and it's famed vineyards. It shares some of their rich, rounded character, but is generally more accessible. While it was known decades ago for its rustic red wines, white wine production now dominates. Aging in a combination of new and used barrels gives it a beautiful texture and flavor. The light creaminess is complemented by bold fruit notes in the wine.

- TD

Glossary

Burgundy

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Chardonnay

From Champagne to Chablis, it's hard (not to mention unpleasant) to avoid this famous white variety. During a huge popularity surge beginning in the late 1980s, Chardonnay plantings have increased dramatically -- not only in California's wine country, with which the variety is nearly synonymous, but also in Burgundy (its original, Old World home) and just about everywhere else in the winemaking world. It is a flexible, eager-to-please grape, responding well to just about anything a winemaker...