White Still Wine | France | Burgundy | Nuits-Saint-Georges | 75cl
£299.00
Size: 75cl
Closure Type: Cork
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Sub-Region: Nuits-Saint-Georges
Wine Style: Medium Bodied
Grape: Chardonnay
Patrice Rion and his wife Michèle began their own small domaine with just two wines, an outstanding Bourgogne Rouge Bons Batons and the sumptuous Chambolle Musigny les Cras, in 1990 while Patrice continued as winemaker at the Domaine Daniel Rion. They enlarged in 2000 when Patrice left Domaine Daniel Rion. He has recently been joined in the business by son Maxime.
The wines are made in Patrice’s purpose built small winery in Prémeaux. Patrice was one of the first to train his vines higher than the Burgundy standard, to increase the canopy without shading the grapes, which gives better ripening and colour. He is also frequently an innovator in the cellar and offers some wines in stelvin screwcaps. Patrice’s style is for very pure, harmonious wines, skilfully vinified and then matured in oak barrels with a well judged percentage of new oak (usually 50% new) for 18 months, without racking or fining.
*****
This is 85% Chardonnay and 15% Pinot Blanc, from stony soils over calcium-rich limestone. This 1.2-hectare site lies at the top of the slope, just across the road from the Rion winery. Aged in 350-litre barrels with just five percent new oak, this has a fruit- and floral-driven nose of citrus, pear and blossom. On the palate it is fresh and mineral, with a creamy roundness and a saline bite. Chalky, lively and energetic, there is a lot going on. Excellent. Tasted in October 2024.