Winemaker Notes
Appellation village created in 1999, it extends over 406.65 hectares between Clessé and Viré. Our production comes exclusively from the locality "Le Mont," in the town of Clessé and whose vineyards are 65 years old.
The fermentation takes place mainly in vats and for 20% in large barrels (400 - 600 liters).
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
A broad, rich version, offering peach and baking spice flavors, with an underpinning of lemon. This is well defined and long, with citrus and spice notes lingering on the finish. Drink now.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
Inhabiting the best of the upper half of the Mâconnais, Viré-Clessé, created from the delineation of the two top Mâcon Villages, produces lively, charming and full-bodied whites (of Chardonnay). Lemon balm, verbena, white peach, and mint evolve with graceful age to quince jam, spice, pine and brown butter. The aromatic intensity of Viré-Clessé suits itself to herb-laden poultry, as well as sautéed shrimp or vegetables. It is also the perfect partner to Camembert or goat cheese.