Bourgogne blanc Chardonnay 2020
AC, Domaine Bruno Colin, 750 ml
Grape variety: | Chardonnay |
Producer: | Domaine Bruno Colin |
Origin: | France / Bourgogne |
Description
Pale golden yellow with bright green tinge. Floral nose of acacia and citrus. On palate this wine expresses the buttery, vanilla notes of Chardonnay with elegance and complexity. The minerality and creaminess reflect the expertise of the producer.
Attributes
Origin: | France / Bourgogne |
Grape variety: | Chardonnay |
Ripening potential: | 1 to 6 years after harvest |
Drinking temperature: | 10 to 12 °C |
Food Pairing: | Bouillabaisse, Succulent chicken breast with cream sauc, Moules à la marinière, Risotto ai frutti di mare |
Vinification: | short must fermentation, fermentation in steel tank |
Harvest: | hand-picking |
Maturation: | in partly new and used barriques/ Pièces |
Maturation duration: | 10 months |
Volume: | 13.0 % |
Note: | Contains sulphites |
Domaine Bruno Colin
Chardonnay
King or beggar?
Hardly any variety of vine shows such a broad spectrum of quality as the Chardonnay. Its wines range from faceless neutrality to breath-taking class. It is an extremely low-maintenance vine, which explains why it is grown around the world – even in places where it probably should not be. The aromas of the Chardonnay variety are not very pronounced: a bit of green apple, a little hazelnut; in warmer latitudes, also melon and exotic fruits. The wines are often defined by maturing in casks. They develop more or less subtle notes of butter, toasted bread and vanilla. The grapes achieve their highest expression in their region of origin, Burgundy. Its heart beats in the Côte de Beaune: one might think of the plant growth of Meursault or Puligny-Montrachet. With their finesse and complexity, they can survive for decades. Chardonnay also achieves first class in some Blanc-de-Blancs champagnes. It additionally yields great wines in the Burgundian Chablis, and increasingly in Australia and Chile. A simple rule of thumb for pairing with food: When butter and cream are involved, you cannot go wrong with Chardonnay.
Bourgogne
Burgundy: home of the crus
Burgundy and Bordeaux are France’s most prestigious wine regions. Nonetheless, they are completely distinct in character: while Bordeaux, as the land of the chateaux, enjoys an aristocratic image, Burgundy has retained its rustic agrarian structure. Burgundy stretches for over 200 kilometres, from Dijon in the north to Lyon in the south. In a highly complex jigsaw of the most diverse of terroirs, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir demonstrate the subtle ways in which they embody their sources.
France
France – Philosophy in a bottle
According to French philosophy, wine should be an expression of the soil and climate. They use the word “terroir” to describe this. Terroir makes every wine different, and many especially good. French wine is regarded worldwide as an expression of cultural perfection. The French believe that humans are responsible for the quality of the berries, the vine variety for their character, and nature for the quantity. This philosophy can be expressed succinctly as: “the truth is the vineyard, not the man.”