2023 LE PIE COL

TRY ME IF YOU LOVE: White Burgundy

ABV: 13.0%

GRAPES: 100% Chardonnay

TASTING NOTES: A beautifully balanced Chardonnay with crisp minerality, white blossom aromatics, and a refined texture. Good Burgundy and great value.

PAIRS WITH: Oysters and mussels. Also lighter meats such as roast chicken and strong goat cheeses.

SERVE ME: Chilled, pop in the fridge for a couple of hours.

Domaine Coteaux des Margots is perfectly nestled into the Mâcon hills of Southern Burgundy, just 5km from the start of the Beaujolais. 15 hectares of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Gamay are sustainably farmed by Jean-Luc and Veronique Duroussay and their son Pierre-Julien in the gentle warmth of the Macon sun. 

Life is generally pretty uncomplicated in the Mâcon, and so it goes in the vineyards and the cellar. The Duroussay’s use lutte raisonnee in the vineyard, which means they only use products when they have to to help ensure a healthy crop of grapes. The Chardonnay for La Pie Col, 'The Magpie's Hill',  is hand harvested, then cold fermented with indigenous yeasts.  It is then aged for 8 months in a variety of 300L and 500L old barrels and for the first time, in 2022, 20% was aged in amphora. The resulting wine has incredible purity and complexity of both aroma and taste.  A true delight.