Domaine Rijckaert, Haute Cuvée Mâcon Fuissé, Maconnais 2021
119,00 ₾
Datasheet
| Country |
France |
|---|---|
| Region |
Bourgogne |
| Origin | |
| Winery |
RIJCKAERT ROUVE |
| Volume |
0,75 |
| Alcohol |
13 |
| Grape |
100% Chardonnay |
| Aroma |
A typically expressive peachy-floral nose lifted and fresh |
| Taste |
the palate brings more intensity on the stone fruit with a hint of grapefruit adding a pithy bite, alongside a lovely textural weight and saline grip to the finish. |
| Vintage Year |
2021 |
| Quantity btls |
Description
Jean Rijckaert’s approach is simple: he wants to make wines that he likes without succumbing to fashions or the wishes of customers. Similarly, he refuses to make his wines competition beasts: his bottles are there to be drunk and not exhibited.
On the winemaking side, we can note that in this Chardonnay enthusiast, fermentations are done without the addition of yeast, that there can be a slight correction of the alcoholic strength, that sulphites are added as needed and that finally, filtration is not systematically rejected. Fermentation and aging take place in oak barrels, with always a small proportion of new ones .
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