Mâcon-Cruzille Les Perrières
Appellation
Mâcon-Cruzille
Farming
Sustainable, Organic (Ecocert)
Varietals
100% Chardonnay
Vineyards & Viticulture
The soil of the Perrières is difficult to work and very fragile. This was one of the reasons the vineyard was abandoned after the phylloxera crisis. However, the wine produced is wonderfully lively and very mineral. Planted in 1978.
Soils
Oolitic limestone, in layers of limestone slabs and thin soil cover
Harvest & Vinification
Aged 11 months in oak barrels.