A 2022 vintage considered exceptional!
Made by Château de La Greffière in La Roche Vineuse, this Saint-Véran is a wine with remarkable balance. Manual harvesting and respect for the terroirs and traditional winemaking techniques offer a rare aromatic suppleness and complexity.
Saint-Véran 2022
Complex
Powerful
Mineral
Fruity
Woody
Saint-Véran 2022 de la Greffière will offer you the aromas and balance characteristic of this great Mâconnais wine: mineral and smooth, it will offer you its notes of white flowers, apricot, white fruit aromas, on a slightly mineral and iodized finish.
40% of this cuvée is aged in oak barrels. Fermentation between 15 and 20 days at a maximum temperature of 18° in barrels. The barrels are stirred every month while waiting for malolactic fermentation. As soon as this fermentation stage is completed, blending is carried out for preparation for bottling.
Palate Frank, delicate, structured body, very good aromatic intensity, long finish and persistence.
Aged in oak barrels and harvested by hand.
Serving temperature:
10 to 12° as an aperitif, 12 to 14° at the table
Vivid and Fruity Burgundy White Wine: Salted Appetizers, Charcuterie, Parsillé Ham, Snails, Frog Legs, Vegetable Pies or Volaille, Oysters, Mussels, Seafood Gratins, County, Gouda, Goat Cheese
Appellation
VillageType of Wine
StillWine Making
Oak casksGrape Variety
ChardonnayHarvest
ManualBurgundy Region
MâconnaisVintage
2022Service
12 to 14 degrees at the table, 10 to 12 degrees at the aperitifCustody potential
2025Degree of alcohol
13°
The colour is that of very pale yellow gold, brilliant and crystal-clear. The nose develops subtle fruit aromas (peach, pear) or acacia, honeysuckle and bracken, often over notes of fresh almond, hazelnut, cinnamon, butter, and sometimes honey. Exotic fruits are sometimes present, as are citrus notes (orange peel). On the palate, this white wine is dry and well-rounded, mineral (gun-flint) and lively from the first attack. Acidity and fatness come increasingly into play. The structure is harmonious, fresh and round.
Its clean, open attack and its citrussy notes call for dishes which can somewhat mitigate its ardour. An oily fish, poached or simply fried, will play this role, especially as the wine’s range of floral aromas respond splendidly to the fine salty flesh. Variations featuring seafood will also do well, as will risottos containing sea-food or mushrooms whose mellow texture will blend harmoniously with the acidity of the wine. It is also well-suited to goat cheeses, Bleu de Bresse, Comté, Beaufort, and Gruyère.
Serving temperatures: 9 to 11°C for young wines,11 to 13°C for older wines.
The SAINT-VÉRAN AOC, which was granted in 1971, lies in the South of the Mâconnais region, forming a belt around the appellation POUILLY-FUISSÉ.
As it is often the case in Bourgogne, the AOC embraces a number of villages from Prissé and Davayé lying to the North of the Rock of Solutré to Leynes, Chasselas, Chânes, part of Solutré-Pouilly and (of course) Saint-Vérand itself all lying to the south. The soils, ideally suited to the Chardonnay, produce only white wines.
The appellation SAINT-VÉRAN is split into two separate islands by its close relative Pouilly-Fuissé. Both occupy slopes forming part of the chain of hills to which the Rock of Solutré belongs. This rocky backbone is made of fossiliferous limestone of the Middle Jurassic. On the Western side are older (lias) rocks covered with grey marls on which the vineyards of Chasselas and Leynes occupy South and West-facing sites. The gentle Eastern slopes are composed of marly limestones on which are found the East-facing vineyards of Prissé and Davayé. At Chânes and Prissé, on the left bank of the little river Grosne, the vines grow on fossiliferous limestones, often overlain by a layer of clay-with-flints with “chailles”.
Source : https://www.bourgogne-wines.com
Since 1924 and 4 successive generations, the GREUZARD family has been vinifying different terroirs of appellations in the South of Burgundy and Beaujolais.
Their know-how is the result of a balance between today's traditions and techniques.
Located in La Roche Vineuse in the Mâcon region, the estate produces very beautiful appellations such as Saint Véran, Pouilly Fuissé, Saint Amour or Mâcon Milly Lamartine.
