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Half bottle of The Society's White Burgundy 2023

Half bottle of The Society's White Burgundy 2023

White Wine from France - Burgundy

4 Reviews

A fine, dry white wine of great delicacy from the Mâconnais in southern Burgundy, the warmest part of the region. The wine is ripe and round, with flavours of toasted hazelnut, apple and stone fruit, a hint of citrus and a lovely streak of minerality. The quality of the wine reflects the deep involvement in its selection by successive buyers and the skill of our ‘man on the ground`, Jean-Marc Darbon, who excels in sourcing the right blending options for us to work with. The fierce zander (sandre in French), also known as the pikeperch, thrives in the rivers of Burgundy and is shown on this wine's new label. It is a great freshwater quarry – and delicacy – for fishermen and food lovers in Burgundy. It has a fine flavour because its carnivorous and so is much superior to that of weed-eating fish. It's as good as brown trout to eat and appears frequently on menus in Burgundian restaurants. Don`t hesitate to try it.

£6.95 Half Bottle

£166.00 Case of 24

In Stock

37.5cl (Half Bottle) 2.25l (Bag in Box) 75cl

Code: BU89502

Wine characteristics

White Wine
2 - Dry
Chardonnay
37.5cl (Half Bottle)
Now to 2025
12.5% Alcohol
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Les Vins Aujoux

This is the source of the bulk of our Beaujolais for the last 50 years, and many members will also have tried the fruits of The Society’s work with this excellent Beaujolais-based négoce in the form of our bestselling white wine, The Society’s White Burgundy, sourced from the Mâcon.

Dealing with a négociant allows The Wine Society to pick and choose, often blending together from different estates in order to end up with a wine that is better than any of its parts.

Négoces have had a huge part to play in the recent history of Beaujolais, some of it not so good but some of it very positive. For all its apparent simplicity, Beaujolais is a complicated region that is often the victim of its own capricious climate with late frosts and violent hailstorms a common recurrence.

The one name that stands out for us is Dépagneux: Jean Dépagneux was the last of this illustrious merchant family who, with his partners, bought up a list of ailing names such as Aujoux, which had made its name selling Beaujolais to the once profitable Swiss market. Jean retired about a dozen years ago and his place was taken by a young and talented oenologist from Viré called Jean-Marc Darbon. One consequence of the change has been the meteoric rise in the quality of The Society’s White Burgundy.

Since 2002 Les Vins Aujoux have operated an office in the Languedoc-Roussillon in the deep south of France, sourcing a range of wines.