Mâcon-Verzé "Le Chemin Blanc," Nicolas Maillet - 2020

Name: Mâcon-Verzé "Le Chemin Blanc," Nicolas Maillet
Brand: Nicolas Maillet
SKU: 39426
Price: 49.96 USD
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Item # 39426 750mL

Fourth generation vigneron Nicolas Maillet is deeply proud of his home village of Verzé located northwest of the city of Mâcon. The Verzé vineyards lie on chalky, limestone-based, and generally eastern-facing slopes, and is the source of some of the most mineral-driven, high-acid wines of the region. This comes from three plots of 85 year old, east-facing vines. Fermented with natural yeasts and bottled unoaked.

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Color

White

Vintage

2020

Country

France

Region

Burgundy

Sub-Region

Mâconnais

Producer

Nicolas Maillet

Grape Variety

Chardonnay

Production Methods

Organic

Certified Organic

Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard. Certified in the country of origin.

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Staff Pick Notes

I was looking over my notes from tasting this white Burg for the first time and noticed I started off by just writing "that's great" and circling it a bunch of times with, like, poorly drawn arrows pointing in at it. Rich and generous, while there is some malolactic fermentation, the wine sees no oak. The flavors look toward "under-ripe exotic", pretty and bright, with beautiful acidity supporting aromas of pineapple, lime, and wet river stones. The vineyards are fully organic and Maillet, a 4th generation vigneron, is bringing in some biodynamic practices. You'll sometimes hear about long, cold fermentation in natural wine making, and this wine was allowed to take an unheard of 9 months to finish. Indigenous yeasts only, of course. Pair with al pastor or white fish in rich sauces.

- JON

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