Viré Clessé "Foretille", Domaine Ste. Barbe
Staff Pick
Organic

Viré Clessé "Foretille", Domaine Ste. Barbe - 2022

750 mL
Item # 52155

From an old vine parcel on marl and limestone soils, this fresh yet concentrated dry white is aged in French oak barrels, some of which are new. Definitely a candidate to age in the cellar, pair this robust white with scallops in butter and sumac sauce.
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Color
White
Vintage
2022
Country
France
Region
Burgundy
Producer
Not Applicable
Grape Variety
Chardonnay
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Production Methods

Certified Organic

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

Staff Pick Notes

Situated in the town of Viré, around 12 miles North East of the other Macon villages, Jean-Marie Chaland is producing world class expressions of Chardonnay. With grapes growing on two estates, maintained with organic viniculture and using only native yeast during fermentation, the experience of this wine is quintessential Bourgogne. The nose is inviting, but bold with tart green fruit and a flinty earthen note. The 16-months of maturation, 50% vat - 50% barrel creates a structured, complex, toasty palate with a lovely mineral tension.

- EC

More About This Wine

Burgundy

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 of a California wine, yet retain a very Burgundian, mineral-driven core and great acidity....

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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...

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