Saint-Véran Prestige

PLOT ORIGIN
France - Burgundy - Mâconnais
Village : Chânes
Altitude : 225 meters
Exposure : south
Soil : deep clay-limestone mixed with fractured pebbles

VITICULTURE
Grape variety : Chardonnay
Type : White wine
Designation : Saint Véran
Plantation density : 7500 roots / hectare
Vine old age : 70 years
Prune : "Guyot poussard" stem curve
Soil work - natural cover with grass
Yield inspection
Mechanical harvest - optimal ripeness

VINIFICATION
Direct pneumatic pressing, long rotation
Static cold settling
Alcoholic and malolactic fermentations in stainless steel tanks and oak barrels; 10% new barrels.
Aged in stainless steel tanks and barrels on fine lees for 7 months
A blend of 85% barrel-aged and 15% stainless steel tank-aged wine
Filtration followed by bottling according to the lunar cycle.

TASTING
Nose : well-integrated woody notes, hazelnut
Mouth feel : minerality, length, density