Jacques Saumaize, "Sur La Roche" Chardonnay Macon-Vergisson 2018

Vinous Reverie Notes
Jacques, his wife, Nathalie, and their son Anthony, who joined them in the domaine in 2012 have  assembled superb sites and there have very old vines (some over 80 years) from Pouilly to above Vergisson.  In the words of the Revue du Vin de France, where Domaine Jacques Saumaize has a 2-Star rating in the Guide Verte, the Macons and St. Vérans of the Saumaizes rival others’ Pouilly-Fuissés.  Purity, minerality and balance describe all of their wines from grapes entirely hand-harvested and vinified in barrel, never more than 20% new.