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Domaine François d'Allaines, Santenay Blanc ‘Les Bras' 2020

White Wine from France - Burgundy
3.000000000 star rating 2 Reviews
This superb wine comes from François' own domaine, and is rich, ripe and lightly buttery. 20% was aged in new barrels to give a hint of oak, and despite the relatively long barrel-ageing (18 months) it remains discreet.
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Code: BU78981

Wine characteristics

  • White Wine
  • 2 - Dry
  • Chardonnay
  • 75cl
  • Now to 2028
  • 12.5% Alcohol
  • oak used but not v. noticeable
  • Cork, diam

Francois d'Allaines

François d’Allaines is a ‘micro’ négociant, and the benefit of the small size of the company is scrupulous attention to detail.

What grapes or juice he doesn’t like he refuses, which is why his quality is regularly high. He is continually refining his selection of growers. He pays top prices for top grapes and stops working with those growers who do not deliver the promised quality.

François trained in the hotel business but began his wine business in 1996, basing himself in the village of Demigny near the Côte de Beaune. He produces wines of consistently high quality.

Decanter

The standout dry white of the tasting for me, this Santenay is a treat, and drinking beautifully now, with the potential to carry on improving for a few years too. A fifth of the blend was aged in new oak ...
The standout dry white of the tasting for me, this Santenay is a treat, and drinking beautifully now, with the potential to carry on improving for a few years too. A fifth of the blend was aged in new oak for 18 months, giving the wine structure and gorgeous salted butter, lightly toasty notes to complement the streak of lemon citrus. This has impressive length on the finish, and is a classy white Burgundy that gives you great bang for your buck.
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