Robert-Denogent Macon-Villages "Les Sardines" 2022

Finally a product for every day and for the true lovers of Burgundy. The Robert Family has produced this amazing Chardonnay, of the right price and with a fresh label, a prelude to a drink that can be drunk in quantity. A refined style extracted from a 40-year-old vineyard, lying on a silty soil, managed with the integration of bilogic and not biologic means. Gentleness and elegance, fused in exotic and mineral notes. The Roberts' touch can be felt in the mouth delineated by a volume that never disappears and the balance that juxtaposes it with the Domaine's grand crus. Pairable with everything, especially friends.

These winemakers are experts in Chardonnay. Mâcon-Villages "Les Sardines" is an organic, single-variety beauty, made from select parcels and aged in non-new barriques for 18 months. On the nose you’ll enjoy enticing aromas of ripe white fruit, pastry notes and toasted touches. On the palate it is intense, creamy and enveloping. It reveals a good structure, crisp acidity and a long finish, with balanced freshness and minerality.

Robert Denogent is a family Domaine that has passed down a passion for wine from generation to generation since 1922. Jean-Jacques Denogent and his son Nicolas are currently in charge of producing rich and complex wines that are comparable to the best Côte de Beaune whites.

Robert Denogent Mâcon-Village Les Sardines comes from five hectares spread across the towns of Mâcon, Saint-Véran and Pouilly-Fuissé. The team use ecological agriculture and no herbicides or pesticides. Instead of using chemical products, they cultivate between the rows to prevent erosion and maintain humidity. The harvest is carried out manually at the optimum point of ripeness.

Once the grapes reach the winery, Robert Denogent Mâcon-Village Les Sardines begins the winemaking process with a direct pressing into 228-litre French oak barrels. The wine ages for 18 to 30 months in barrels, only 15% of which are new and the rest have been used for one or two years.

Made from a mix of different terroirs, Robert Denogent Mâcon-Village Les Sardines is an intense, complex and unctuous Chardonnay.