Tasting Notes
An ethereally seductive white Burgundy. Lovers of lean, chalky chardonnay finesse, this is one for you. On the nose it gives a sense of creaminess and ripeness of fruit, but within a linear frame. Real purity and refinement. No fat here. Acacia flowers, generous chardonnay fruit – green and yellow apples, lemon and fragrant melon and white peach; a hint of something more tropical too. The palate is silky and fine with a lovely minerality and limestone tang. Very long and graceful. Hint of buttered toast – only lightly buttered. Tense and pure with an amazing balance between silky texture and mineral purity. Will become richer and deeper with time in bottle.
More Info
The climat of Les Perrières sits under an old pink marble quarry in the central part of the valley of Saint-Romain. The soil here is clay limestone with a significant amount of colluvial gravel. Les Perrières doesn’t seem to carry the same prestige as Sous la Velle, for example, but to some it’s the best site in Saint-Romain. Ageing for this wine is for around 12 months in a combination of 550l and 350l oak barrels, less than 10% of which were new.