Conseil du Caviste

Cellarman advices :

Temperature of service : Between 10° & 12°C (chilled)

This wine enjoy for aperitif, fish with sauce and seafood.

     
     
 

 

Benoit Maillard white

This cuvée goes by the name of the priory from Savigny abbey who, 5 century ago, vinified and aged 50 000 liters of Lyonnais wines. For elaborate this wine, vinegrowers select the old vines from Savigny commune’s terroir in the North of the AOC.

Vineyard :

- Terroir: soil of gneiss and quartz.

- Grape: Chardonnay

- Location: plots are placed in the North of the appellation on the commune of Savigny.

Wine harvest :

- Manual and selecting picking of grapes

- Harvest with fully grapes

- Yield : 55 hl / ha

Vinification :

- Direct pressing.

- Maceration with skin contact before pressing.

- Cold static settling of the juice

- Alcoholic fermentation with temperature control in order to keep a lot of aromas.

- Malolactic fermentation searched for a well balance.

- Bottling: At the beginning of the year (February/March)

Tasting notes :

A beautiful gold-color with green tint.

A subtle nose of minerality and perfumes of blossom (acacia, …). In mouth, good vivacity, rounded and rich with fresh aromas of citrus fruit. Finish on hazelnut scent.