Intense, juicy red and bramble fruits with a lovely ripe structure.
Production
The Gamay vines for this Mâcon-Verzé Rouge were planted in 1977, in clay-limestone soils with some marl. The domaine is in conversion to organic farming and also uses some biodynamic practices. Grapes were hand harvested, and after 15 days of carbonic maceration the wine was fermented with natural yeasts before being left on its lees in a combination of vats and old oak casks for 8-12 months.
Domaine Nicolas Delfaud, Mâcon-Verzé Rouge 2023 (6 bottles case)
Vivino ratings
Tasting notes
2020 , a very different vintage to to last year bringing inky raspberry colour, perfumed raspberry, stewed strawberries and brambles and fresh blackberry on the nose. Mouthwatering fresh berry acidity, some savoury earthyness, cooked red plums, with medium and pleasingly persistent tannins.
Food match
A club sandwich.
Info
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ABV
14%
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CASE/BOTTLE SIZE
6 x 75cl
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REGION/COUNTRY
BURGUNDY, FRANCE
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GRAPE
GAMAY 100%
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FEATURES
SUSTAINABLE
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CLOSURE
CORK
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WINEMAKER
NICOLAS DELFAUD
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APPELLATION
MÂCON-VERZÉ
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ALLERGEN INFO
CONTAINS SULPHITES AND NO OTHER ALLERGENS
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Meet the producer
Driven by his passion for wine and a by a dream he had harboured for 15 years, Nicolas Delfaud gave up his job as a sommelier in Paris and plunged headlong into winemaking in 2009, aged 32. In 2015, he took on 4 hectares of vineyards overlooking the village of Verzé in the Mâconnais. Although he currently rents these vines he is working towards buying them outright, and he has converted the barn of his property in Sologny into his winery.
Oriented eastwards, his Gamay and Chardonnay plots lie between 350 and 410 metres above sea level and grow on marl-limestone soils. In 2018, Nicolas enlarged his estate when he purchased a few ares (1 are = 0.01 hectare or 100 square metres) of vines in Saint-Véran.
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