2022 ChevernyDomaine du Salvard
France | Loire
$22
Producers
François Lumpp does not make wine within the Côte d’Or, but many talented vignerons who do produce wine in Burgundy’s more famous villages greatly admire him. One taste of this blanc will tell you why. Arguably Givry’s best terroir for Chardonnay and one of François Lumpp’s highest-elevation parcels, the lieu-dit Crausot gives a stony but generous wine with notes of ripe orchard fruit and citrus. The class of this white Burgundy might bring to mind Meursault or Puligny-Montrachet.
—Tom Wolf
Wine Type: | white |
Vintage: | 2018 |
Bottle Size: | 750mL |
Blend: | Chardonnay |
Appellation: | Givry |
Country: | France |
Region: | Burgundy |
Producer: | Domaine François Lumpp |
Vineyard: | 25 years, .63 ha |
Soil: | Bathonian, Oolitic, and Sublithographic Limestone, Clay |
Farming: | Lutte Raisonnée |
Alcohol: | 13% |
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In eastern central France, Burgundy is nestled between the wine regions of Champagne to the north, the Jura to the east, the Loire to the west, and the Rhône to the south. This is the terroir par excellence for producing world-class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
The southeast-facing hillside between Dijon in the north and Maranges in the south is known as the Côte d’Or or “golden slope.” The Côte d’Or comprises two main sections, both composed of limestone and clay soils: the Côte de Nuits in the northern sector, and the Côte de Beaune in the south. Both areas produce magnificent whites and reds, although the Côte de Beaune produces more white wine and the Côte de Nuits more red.
Chablis is Burgundy’s northern outpost, known for its flinty and age-worthy Chardonnays planted in Kimmeridgian limestone on an ancient seabed. Vézelay is a smaller area south of Chablis with similar qualities, although the limestone there is not Kimmeridgian.
To the south of the Côte de Beaune, the Côte Chalonnaise extends from Chagny on its northern end, down past Chalon-sur-Saône and encompasses the appellations of Bouzeron in the north, followed by Rully, Mercurey, Givry, and Montagny.
Directly south of the Chalonnaise begins the Côte Mâconnais, which extends south past Mâcon to the hamlets of Fuissé, Vinzelles, Chaintré, and Saint-Véran. The Mâconnais is prime Chardonnay country and contains an incredible diversity of soils.
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You don’t have to be rich to cellar a great wine.
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