Mâcon-Cruzille – Le Clos des Avoueries – Barramine – 2022

Description

Mâcon-Cruzille 2022 – Le Clos des Avoueries – Barramine
Appellation: Mâcon-Cruzille – Cuvée: Le Clos des Avoueries “Barramine
Vintage: 2022 – Grape variety: Chardonnay 100% – Colour: White – Yield 42 hl/ha
Region: Burgundy – Alcohol: 12.5% – Capacity: 75cl

ORIGIN / PRODUCTION

• Clos des Avoueries is a high-altitude vineyard (390m), surrounded by woods and murgers, with an easterly exposure facing Mont Blanc. It’s a château monopoly.
• Very small micro-parcel (0.30 ha) “Barramine”. Why this name? The soil is composed of limestone gravel laid on a limestone slab. A crowbar had to be used to plant the grafts when they were planted 34 years ago.
• Ecocert-certified organic farming.
• Full ploughing and manual harvesting.
• Natural winemaking with a single input: a low dose of So2.
• 6-month alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts.
• Malolactic fermentation in barrels several years old.
• Bottled with light filtration.
• Untreated corks, selected after batch tasting.

TASTING (UFO = Unidentified Wine Object)

EYE: Pale gold with green highlights. Clear and brilliant.

NOSE: Complex. Slight notes of noble reduction. Exotic, yellow-fruit aromas. Then, mineral and menthol notes complete this concentrated nose!

PALATE: Full-bodied attack. Plenty of volume on the palate. The freshness of the terroir balances the concentrated, almost tannic aromas. The finish has plenty of personality and structure.