Deux Roches Mâcon Village Tradition (750ml)
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Wine Type
White Wine
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Size
750ml
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Vintage
2022
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Country
France
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Region
Burgundy
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Sub-Region
Macon Villages
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Grape
Chardonnay
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Farming Method
ConventionalMost products with this label come from producers who do their best to avoid any intervention at all but it’s possible that some of the aforementioned preventative measures and additions are deemed necessary. Learn More
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ABV
13%
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Food Pairing
FishChickenGoat cheese
The origins of the domaine date back to 1928 in Davayé, when Joanny Collovray settled in this small village in the south of Burgundy a few kilometres west of Mâcon, farming the land, making goat’s cheeses and growing various crops, including vines. He was a tenant farmer, making wine on the property and merchants took care of selling it. In 1956 his son Henri succeeded him and maintained the practice of polyculture. He extended the family’s vine holdings by purchasing a few parcels in the Mâcon-Davayé appellation. His son Christian began working in the vines at the age of 16.
In the mid 1980s Christian Collovray and his childhood friend and neighbour, Jean-Luc Terrier along with their wives took over the domaine and this is really where the modern story of Deux Roches began. Today their adult children have come on board and the legacy of Deux Roches continues. Deux Roches wines are pure expressions of Chardonnay on limestone clay soils, marked by minerality.
Domaine Deux Roches is situated in the heart of the Mâconnais landscape, in the village of Davayé, with an extraordinary view of the rocks of Solutré and Vergisson, together these “rocks” have been classified as a national natural historic site and they are inspiration for the domaine’s name and emblem. They have a total of 63 hectares of vines in various Mâconnais villages and farm according to sustainable environmental standards as outlined by the “Haute Valeur Environnementale” certification.
Tasting Notes
A classic example of Mâconnais Chardonnay unfolds in the glass. Generous notes of white flowers and stone fruit (peach, apricot) on the nose and palate. Medium bodied with a pleasing round and creamy texture balanced by juicy acidity and minerality. This is a versatile and afforfable white Burgundy that will appeal to many palates. Enjoy as an aperitif with fresh goat cheese and sourdough bread, dishes with citrus, fish cooked in butter or grilled chicken dishes.
Method
The wines of Deux Roches are in pure Mâconnais style – fresh, incisive, pure, and marked by minerality. They are created by blending different parcels, an art that they have been perfecting for 30 years.
This cuvée is a blend of several plots selected for their soil qualities (limestone, draining) and exposure (early south-east facing ). After harvest, the grapes are gravity fed into pneumatic presses where a slow press delicately extracts the juices to preserve aromatics. The must is cooled and decanted. Vinification takes place in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature and depending on the vintage, malolactic fermentation is either encouraged or halted followed by a period of aging on the fine lees until spring bottling. From picking to bottling, external inputs such as So2 are limited as much as possible.
