3e Fleuve 2022
Burgundy - Beaujolais - Saint-Véran

Tasting notes
Appearance:
bright, light golden hue.
Nose:
exotic and floral notes (white flowers) with lovely minerality.
Palate:
elegant and soft, underpinned by lovely freshness which, combined with the wine’s acidity and minerality, creates a very fine expression and nice balance.
Sommelier's advice: cannelloni stuffed with the tenderest meat from Bresse poultry and finely-chopped mushrooms.
poultry and finely-chopped mushrooms.
Grape variety/varieties:
100% Chardonnay.
Harvest:
By hand.
Soil:
Mainly from the “A La Côte” lieu-dit in the commune de Chasselas. The soil is a shallow clay-limestone on a gentle south-facing slope, lying at altitude (450 m). The vines are over 30 years old.
Vinification:
After a light settling, fermentation takes place with native yeasts. The must goes into barrel during its alcoholic fermentation. Fermentation continues with the temperature maintained at around 20°C. The wine is then allowed to complete its malolactic fermentation.
Ageing:
30% in 228l and 400l barrels (of which 25% are new oak), 70% in stainless steel vats, for 7 months.
Alcohol content:
13