Domaine Jeanine Emanuel

Planted with specially selected new varieties of Chardonnay grapes and possessing the quality of soil, orientation, altitude, drainage, and exposure needed to make great Burgundy, the vineyard is located in the Mâconnais hills above the village of Milly-Lamartine.

A.O.C. Mâcon-Villages 1996

Both modern and traditional techniques are employed to produce this exceptional Mâcon-Villages. In the cool of the evening, the grapes are pressed within 8 to 40 minutes of picking, eliminating the need for SO₂.

After a long, cool fermentation in the state-of-the-art temperature controlled cellars, the wines are aged for one year in vats before being put into oak barrels in the second year. This vintage was bottled and offered for sale in the third year after the harvest.

Golden coloured with green reflections; a developed and elegant nose of fruits and wood; aromas of fruit preserves, quince, and a touch of honey; toasty nuances and definite complexity. Ample, round, full and nervous; good length with lingering tastes of preserved fruit, honey, toast and vanilla. Drinking well now but will further mature in the cellar well into the 21st Century.  Truly great white Burgundy.

0.750L SKU +304212                      0.375L SKU +317669

Alberta only

A final note:  In August 1999, Dominique Lafon, one of the greatest white Burgundy producers ever, realized the quality of the wines produced from this extraordinary vineyard, and purchased it from Jeanine and Armand Emanuel.