Domaine de Thalie, 2022 Macon-Bray, Les Pierres Levées, Chardonnay
Old vine Chardonnay planted on a west facing vineyard planted on marl at 1200ft elevation. Native fermentation. Vinified in steel tanks and aged in a combination of old barrels and clay amphoras for one year.. Unfined, unfiltered.
The town and extensive vineyards of Macon mark the transition from pinot noir to gamay, Burgundy to Beaujolais, and this tiny organic domaine makes wines with a foot in both camps. Peter Gierszewski was a wine merchant in France for 10 years before making the jump into winemaking in 2009. Organic from the start he converted to biodynamics in 2014 and the only addition made to the wines is a small dose of sulphur to protect them for export. He cultivates only 4.5 hectares in the hills above the monastic town of Cluny in the town of Bray at 1500ft elevation. Vines here are orientated westward rather than the normal south-east and this brings a lift and freshness that gives a nod to nearby Jura on tasting. Soils are as diverse as you expect in the transitional area, with Burgundy limestone and clay meeting the acid granite soils of Beaujolais, and the grapes too straddle the border. There is chardonnay, pinot noir, gamay, and even a little syrah grown here
Old vine Chardonnay planted on a west facing vineyard planted on marl at 1200ft elevation. Native fermentation. Vinified in steel tanks and aged in a combination of old barrels and clay amphoras for one year.. Unfined, unfiltered.
The town and extensive vineyards of Macon mark the transition from pinot noir to gamay, Burgundy to Beaujolais, and this tiny organic domaine makes wines with a foot in both camps. Peter Gierszewski was a wine merchant in France for 10 years before making the jump into winemaking in 2009. Organic from the start he converted to biodynamics in 2014 and the only addition made to the wines is a small dose of sulphur to protect them for export. He cultivates only 4.5 hectares in the hills above the monastic town of Cluny in the town of Bray at 1500ft elevation. Vines here are orientated westward rather than the normal south-east and this brings a lift and freshness that gives a nod to nearby Jura on tasting. Soils are as diverse as you expect in the transitional area, with Burgundy limestone and clay meeting the acid granite soils of Beaujolais, and the grapes too straddle the border. There is chardonnay, pinot noir, gamay, and even a little syrah grown here
Old vine Chardonnay planted on a west facing vineyard planted on marl at 1200ft elevation. Native fermentation. Vinified in steel tanks and aged in a combination of old barrels and clay amphoras for one year.. Unfined, unfiltered.
The town and extensive vineyards of Macon mark the transition from pinot noir to gamay, Burgundy to Beaujolais, and this tiny organic domaine makes wines with a foot in both camps. Peter Gierszewski was a wine merchant in France for 10 years before making the jump into winemaking in 2009. Organic from the start he converted to biodynamics in 2014 and the only addition made to the wines is a small dose of sulphur to protect them for export. He cultivates only 4.5 hectares in the hills above the monastic town of Cluny in the town of Bray at 1500ft elevation. Vines here are orientated westward rather than the normal south-east and this brings a lift and freshness that gives a nod to nearby Jura on tasting. Soils are as diverse as you expect in the transitional area, with Burgundy limestone and clay meeting the acid granite soils of Beaujolais, and the grapes too straddle the border. There is chardonnay, pinot noir, gamay, and even a little syrah grown here
