Domaine Sainte Barbe, Viré-Clessé, L'Epinet, Vieilles Vignes, 2017
From a very small plot at the top of the slope, planted in the 40s on gravel and red clay soil. A third of the wine goes in 228 litres oak barrels for a year on its lees. Creamy, with apple and stone fruit notes, weighty and complex. Now-2022
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ColourWhite
RegionBurgundy
Sub RegionMâconnais
GrowerDomaine Sainte Barbe
Grape VarietyChardonnay
Vintage2017
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
CodeSAB317
Burgundy
The Burgundy Pyramid
Making sense of the complexity of the complexity of Burgundy isn’t easy.
Though Burgundy only comprises 5% of France’s vineyard area, it holds 100 different Appellations, 25% of the entire French total. There are no less than 5,000 growers, 85% of whom own less than 10 hectares, and four fifths of them make wine.
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Chardonnay
Chardonnay is one of the most-widely planted varieties in the world.
Arguably not the most characterful grape, hence its common ageing in oak, yet at its pinnacle in Burgundy it produces some of the greatest (and certainly most expensive) white wines in the world. Look out for unoaked Chardonnay, it can make a pleasant change, and usually goes down very well with all those people who...
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Domaine Sainte Barbe, Viré-Clessé, L'Epinet, Vieilles Vignes, 2017
From a very small plot at the top of the slope, planted in the 40s on gravel and red clay soil. A third of the wine goes in 228 litres oak barrels for a year on its lees. Creamy, with apple and stone fruit notes, weighty and complex. Now-2022
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