Domaine Gondard-Perrin - Vire-Clesse Cuvee Tradition 2019 (750ml)
Price: $27.99
| Producer | Domaine Gondard-Perrin |
| Country | France |
| Region | BURGUNDY |
| Subregion | Macconais |
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Sku | 37278 |
| Size | 750ml |
This is a relatively new domaine, having been created in 2008. The Gondard familly have been ensconced in the Mâconnais village of Viré for centuries and have been vine growers since 1981. Until 2007 they were selling their grapes to the local co-op buy came to realize that their parcels of vines produced grapes of such good quality that they deserved to be vinified separately and so created their own domaine and started to vinify and bottle the wines themselves.
The wine show the typical richness of mâconnais wines but also a surprising level of elegance and minerality. “I did my studies at the Lycée Viticole in Beaune where I learned to make wine in the really traditional way and picking plot by plot,” winemaker Franz-Ludwig Gondard-Perrin told me when I dropped in at the winery.
“My first vintage was in 2013 when I worked alongside my parents. My mother heard that a neighbour was selling 4.5-hectares six months before I was due to leave the Domaine, and so I had to choose. I bought the vines instead of travelling. In the vineyard we are close to organic, but I cannot say that we are organic, and it takes time to convert the vineyard. We get as close as we can. The aim is to convert all 18-hectares of vine to organic within five years. We only use natural yeasts, the malo not always done as it depends on how the vats are working. We like to do a long élevage to obtain more roundness.”
Aromas of pear, quince jelly and bergamot. A rich palate balanced by a bright acidity.
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