White
Classification
Chardonnay
Variety
2022
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
France
Country
Burgundy, Macon
Region
12.5%
Alcohol %
Ready, but will Keep
Cellaring
Tasting Notes
The Mâconnais can so often can come with cumbersome winemaking edifice of big extraction, lavish oak and dull fruit... the opposite dimensions are found in Litaud's wines. These are stellar wines born of a measured, careful harvest (into 7kg boxes by hand!), a light, deft touch in winemaking, a 10-12 month spell on lees in older oak barrels and a short time in bottle before release. Beautiful wines. And very rare. And so, so good.
Training and a mentorship with Jean-Francois Ganevat in Jura and with Jean-Marie Guffens-Heynen in Mâconnais is a pretty big deal, and the Jura-esque saline-minerality that runs as a thread through all these brilliant new releases is likely no coincidence.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity