Description
’s Mâcon Verzé Le Chemin Blanc is a first-class wine for fine dining. It comes from the estate’s three oldest plots (soon to be 90 years old). The delicate, complex nose reveals aromas of white peaches, pears and acacia blossoms. On the palate, it is powerful, with lovely acidity and an impressive finish. Le Chemin Blanc dazzles with its purity, precise vinous character and ripe tension, the true DNA of the estate’s wines. This wine, which is well above the appellation’s average standard, has excellent ageing potential.
In the vineyard, in the cellar
- Grape variety: Chardonnay
- Average age of the plots: 87 years
- Soil: clay-limestone
- Hand-harvested into 35 kg crates
- Alcoholic fermentation for 10 months with temperature control using indigenous yeasts
- Malolactic fermentation completed
- Certified Organic by Ecocert. Demeter Biodynamic.
The Guide to the Best Wines of France
The last 17 vintages of Nicolas Maillet’s Mâcon-Verzé Le Chemin Blanc have been rated by the Revue du Vin de France
. A testament to consistency and recognition of well-deserved quality. The Guide to the Best Wines of France highlights a ripe nose playing on menthol notes. White fruits, white peach, almonds; a crystalline palate, very refined and endowed with a natural, mouth-watering mineral tension.
This family estate has been bottling its own wines since 1999. Nicolas Maillet continues his father’s work with great consistency, focusing mainly on his old vines in the village of Verzé. He offers a range of wines (certified organic since 2008) that are very pure and appealing, distinguished by their complete absence of any oaky notes.
What to eat with a Mâcon-Verzé Le Chemin Blanc by Nicolas Maillet?
- Crispy sea bass
- Risotto with morels and pan-fried foie gras
- Beaufort soufflé
- Salmon in cream sauce
- White meat and fish in sauce
- Chicken with morels
