DOMAINE NICOLAS DELFAUD MACON VERZE BLANC

Tasting notes:

Generous and broad, with fresh yellow apple, a pleasing savoury aspect and a touch of baking spice.  

About the wine:

The Chardonnay vines for this Mâcon-Verzé Blanc were planted between 1993 and 2014, in clay-limestone soils with some marl. The domaine is in conversion to organic farming and also uses some biodynamic practices. Grapes were hand harvested, pressed, and the wine was then fermented with natural yeasts before being left on its lees in a combination of vats and old oak casks for 8-12 months.  

About the producer:

Driven by his passion for wine and a by a dream he had harboured for 15 years, Nicolas Delfaud gave up his job as a sommelier in Paris and plunged headlong into winemaking in 2009, aged 32. In 2015, he took on 4 hectares of vineyards overlooking the village of Verzé in the Mâconnais. Although he currently rents these vines he is working towards buying them outright, and he has converted the barn of his property in Sologny into his winery.Oriented eastwards, his Gamay and Chardonnay plots lie between 350 and 410 metres above sea level and grow on marl-limestone soils. In 2018, Nicolas enlarged his estate when he purchased a few ares (1 are = 0.01 hectare or 100 square metres) of vines in Saint-Véran.  

Domaine Nicolas Delfaud is certified Organic under the vigorous ECOCERT process. To achieve the best expression of his terroir, Nicolas Delfaud carefully works his soils and prunes his vines to help to control their yield and the ripening of their grapes.  

Food match:

A jambon beurre or croque monsieur.

This wine is organic and suitable for vegetarians and vegans.