Description
The highly calcareous soils, rich in silica (aragonite), give their name to this Mâcon Cruzille cuvée from Julien Guillot (Clos des Vignes du Maynes). The aromatic complexity is captivating: ripe citrus fruits, mandarin, quince, honey, spices, almonds… The expression is equally impressive on the palate, with a flawless balance between fullness and sharp minerality. A gastronomic profile that brings out the best in Asian cuisine: a Thai prawn stir-fry, for example.
In the vineyard, in the cellar
- Appellation: Mâcon Cruzille white
- Grape variety: CHARDONNAY massale selections
- Rootstock: 3 309
- Terroir: The soil is shallow, ranging from 15 cm to 50 cm in depth, and is of a clay-limestone type. It consists of clayey silt formed by colluvial processes on top of weathered pure silt that is highly calcareous and rich in silica, which gives the wines a lovely minerality.
- Vines: Single arc and single Guyot pruning for young vines / Soil cultivation for 11 centuries / Manual debudding on the vine and at the base
- Yield: 35 hl/ha
- Farming: Organic farming since 1954 and biodynamic farming since 1998.
- Vinification: Hand-harvested with sorting on the vine and on the sorting table if necessary / Slow pressing for 4 to 6 hours / Settling for 6 to 18 hours / Fermentation in 600-litre demi-muids with indigenous yeasts
- Ageing: on lees for 10 months without racking / Blended in vats 40 days before bottling with 1 or 2 g of SO2 depending on exposure to air
What to eat with a Mâcon Cruzille Aragonite from Clos des Vignes du Maynes?
- Thai prawn stir-fry
- Fine fish
- Veal blanquette
- Exotic cuisine
