Viré-Clessé La Verchère 2017

BRET BROTHERS

Viré-Clessé La Verchère
2017

  • Nature
  • Organic

$45.75

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Service fees
$ 0.00
Product code
11479281
Format
12 x 750ml
Listing type
SAQ Signature
Status
Unavailable
Type of product
Still wine
Licensee price
$39.80
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Burgundy
Subregion
Maconnais
Appellation
Viré-Clessé
Varietal(s)
Chardonnay 100 %
Alcohol percentage
13.5%
Colour
White
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
Producer's website

About this winery

Historically Macon was known primarily as a source of vast quantities of cheap white wines made by village cooperatives – reliable everyday wines, but no match for the great whites of the Cote de Beaune. But that was then and this is now, and today Macon’s whites are recognized to be among the very best wine values on the planet. Jancis Robinson has been saying so for years, and in a recent Wall Street Journal article renowned novelist and wine columnist Jay McInerney declared Domaine de la...

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Press reviews

Wine Advocate

90+

William Kelley, (Vintage 2017)

Le Viré-Clessé La Verchere 2017 dévoile des arômes de pomme verte mentholée, d'écorce d'orange et de pâtisserie chaude, suivis d'un palais mi-corsé à corsé, satiné et incisif, vif et serré, se terminant par une finale longue et précise.

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