The Estate

Frantz Chagnoleau and his wife Caroline Gon (winemaker at Domaine des Héritiers du Comte Lafon, the Mâconnais arm of Domaine Comte Lafon) together own 8.4 hectares of vines, including 3.5 in the Mâcon-Villages Clos Saint-Pancras, and farm their vineyards organically. They have expressly sought out cooler, higher-altitude sites.

Viticulture and Vinification

The wines at this small estate is crafted in an artisanal manner. Harvesting is by hand, followed by fermentation and élevage on the lees in almost entirely used barrels.

Wines Produced

Macon Villages Clos Saint Pancras

Viré Clessé Les Raspillères

Saint Veran Prélude

Saint Veran La Fournaise

Saint Veran La Roche

Saint Veran A la Côte

Pouilly Fuissé Pastoral

Pouilly Fuissé Madrigal

Saint Veran Pré Jaux

Saint Veran Les Montchanins

Critical Praise

“These are tangy, tensile expressions of the Mâconnais, picked early and often displaying a subtle reductive edge—very much in the idiom, in other words, of contemporary Côte de Beaune.”

William Kelley, Robertparker.com

GENERAL INFORMATION

Country:  France

Region:  Burgundy

Appellation:  Mâconnais

Founded:  2009

Annual Production: 3,000 cases

Farming: Organic