Aline Beauné 'Chazelle' 2022 1er Cru Blanc Montagny

750ml bottle
% abv

Nectarine, orange blossom, Nashi pear, toasted walnut and pecan, fresh cream, and freshly baked bread on the nose. Soft texture, juicy mid-palate, almost powdery, with refined length. 

100% Chardonnay. 45-year-old vines, mid-slope, east-facing, clay-limestone soils in Saint-Vallerin, Montagny 1er Cru Chazelle. Organic conversion in progress; herbicides and chemical rot treatments eliminated, biodynamic preparations incorporated. 

Hand-harvested. Pneumatic press. Cold settling 24 to 48 hours. Fermentation in tank and used barrels with ambiant yeasts. Aged 12 months in a mix of new and older barrel, then 3 months in tank before bottling. No fining. 

The Chazelle is the more succulent and texturally generous of Aline Beauné's two Montagny 1er Cru cuvées, contrasted with the firmer, racier Le Clou. Aline describes Chazelle as succulent, Le Clou as more linear.