100% Chardonnay.
Colour: Bright and light straw colour.
Bouquet: The nose is very expressive, on citrus, grapefruit and minerality. Beautiful toasted, elegant and powerful notes complete this bouquet.
Palate: The palate is full to the attack, citrus and mineral flavours dominate. It is a racy, elegant, rather rich wine, also offering a lot of freshness. And what a long mouth!
Enjoy with lobster, shrimp, steam-cooked fish in light sauce, raw vegetables as first course, oysters cooked with leeks and truffles, tartiflette, risotto with peas, or white meats.
Like all white Burgundies of this quality, the Saint-Romain blanc should be served at a cellar temperature of about 14°C. (57°F.)
Pleasant when fresh and young, it can also be kept in the cellar 5 to 8 years after the vintage.
Sheltered by its spectacular cliffs, this appellation lies in the commune of the wine-growing area of Auxey-Duresses. Saint-Romain used to be part of the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune but finally obtained the village appellation in 1947, taking into account the fabulous terroir that produce high quality wines. White Saint-Romain wines are very seductive, fresh and persistent. This appellation has one of the greatest value for money in Burgundy.
The soil type is made of a mixture of limestone and marl including patches of Jurassic clay. South/South-East and North/North east facing at an altitude from 280 to 400 m.
100% hand harvested, the Chardonnay grapes are sorted on a table at their arrival at the winery. After a delicate and slow pressing, the juices are cooled and then placed into Burgundian 228L oak barrels to finish the vinification process.
The wine is then aged on lees during 14 months and then blended and matured in stainless steel tank for 2 to 3 months.
From November 2021 to January 2022, there was abundant rain, followed by cool months in February and March, which delayed budding and prevented frost. May was particularly warm, favouring good flowering, but June was marked by hot mornings and violent thunderstorms in the afternoon. In July, intense heat led to water stress, slowing down the ripening of the vines, depending on the plot.
Work in the vines influenced the results, with some plots producing an excellent vintage, while others suffered from dehydration. Most of the harvest began at the beginning of September, with beneficial rain falling at the end of the day or at night, allowing the grapes to offer a good balance between sugar content and acidity.
Harvesting finished in mid-September, with production close to normal despite variable volumes. The 2022 wines have notes of ripe fruit, while retaining their freshness. They are generous and well-balanced.
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