Paul Chavy Saint-Romain La Perrière 2022

Variety: Chardonnay
Country Region: France, Burgundy, Côte-de-Beaune
Appellation: Saint-Romain

From a cooler north-east facing site in La Perriere which is on the left hand side before driving into the village from Meursault and then Auxey-Duresses. Very limestone terroir giving freshness and minerality to this cuvee. The vineyard is located almost right on the border of Auxey-Duresses and just a few minutes drive from Meursault. This wine is 100 % aged in barrel with just 15 % new oak and all barrels being 350 litre with a mix of coopers including the new tiny cooperage of Eric Millard which is very highly regarded. Shows wonderful perfume and depth for this level. An excellent addition to the range, from this very fresh and mineral village, and an outstanding value and a great introduction to the spotlessly pure wines of Paul Chavy.

Jean-Louis’ son Paul returned to the family estate in 2020 after studying winegrowing and oenology and gaining some valuable professional experiences. Paul has a new and prestigious négoce business for the estate to to be able to offer a wider range of wines and to enable Paul to gain experience working with different terroirs and villages and crus.

For the white wines Paul uses very long slow pressing in a pneumatic press keeping the best fine lees and ageing in 350 litre barrels (using a mix of cooperages) for 11 months. Wines are then racked to tank for 6 or 7 months before bottling with no a light filtration and fining only if necessary.

Red wines are all 100 % de-stemmed with a very cool 5-7 days maceration in stainless steel then 17-22 days of maceration in fermentation with no punching down and just gentle pump overs once a day. Ageing for 12 months in 228 litre barrels before transferring to stainless steel tank for blending for 6-7 months before bottling with no fining and a light filtration