SANTENAY
BLANC
The WHITE SANTENAY WINE from my Domaine is made in the locality of Commes-Dessus, near Santenay-Beauregard and Santenay-Commes. It is situated to the East of Santenay, 500 metres from Chassagne-Montrachet.
Facing South -East the area is ideal for Chardonnay wine.
GRAPE VARIETY : Exclusively
25 year
old
CHARDONNAY
vines.
SURFACE AREA :
0.60
Hectares.
PRODUCTION :
2000 bottles
per year.
TERROIR : fairly stony
clay-limestone soil.
Grass is sown between the vines to
naturally regulate the yield and encourage the microbial
life in the soil without adding chemicals.
The fermentation lasts for about
15 days, using controlled temperatures in one year old oak
barrels. The lees are stirred weekly in the barrel during
the ageing period lasting for about 12 months.
The
clarification and the clearness are obtained by using a
well-known ancestral fining process.
The wine is golden with green flashes,
and of a light straw colour. A honey bouquet with touches of
toasted bread and exotic fruit. On the palate it is very
round with a slight touch of vanilla and has the charm of
the fat typical of the Santenay wine, with a slight acidity
that makes it a well balanced wine.
WHITE
SANTENAY wine should be served at a temperature
of around 14°.
WHITE
SANTENAY wine is ideal served with ham, or with
a terrine while it is still young
and with sea fish and scallops once it has reached maturity.