Marsannay Blanc, Les Champs Perdrix

Marsannay Blanc, Les Champs Perdrix

Taken entirely from this lieu-dit in the most south western corner of Marsannay, adjoining the appellation of Fixin. This is a stony vineyard with a limestone base at a towering elevation approaching 400m which helps to account for producing a bright Chardonnay with a citrusy, mineral and racy character. The name Chablis comes to mind.

Delicate and unassuming on the nose, this wine really opens up on the palate. All variety of zesty citrus notes, tangerine and lime, along with a chalky minerality at its core, recalls France’s other great whites which so magnificently express the mineral composition which lie beneath the vines: the limestone of Chablis and chalk of Sancerre, the first which come to mind.

Domaine Marc Roy fact sheet (PDF)

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