We're wildlly in love with the great wines coming out of the Mâcon region these days and especially this delightful bottle. Fresh, fruited yet with a purity that only Chardonnay can deliver from a thoughtful producer such as Cédric Chêne. This is unoaked and comes from vines that are 35 years in age and are planted high up at an elevation of 280 meters.
An everyday white Burgundy is increasingly hard to find. Luckily wines from the Mâconnais village of La Roche Vineuse are here to save our thirsty souls. Domaine Chêne's unaoked, high altitude offerings are absolutely perfect for a weeknight dinner of roast chicken and a simply prepared side vegetable. Lovely peach and zesty citrus, racy acidity, and a touch of stony minerality make this a wine for any occasion. The quality of Mâconnais wine is very high, and this unsung region of Burgundy knows the right music. White Burgundy is really hard to beat.
The range of wine styles offered in Burgundy rivals that of any other region. In Chablis, Chardonnay is left unoaked to produce lean, crisp, steely wines with incredible acidity - a far cry from the vanilla-oak bombs that so many consumers associate with this grape. Fans of rich, unctuous, and well-oaked Chardonnay will enjoy Chassagne-Montrachet, whose age-worthy offerings offer all the fatness...
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...
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