Cellier Saint Benoit Arbois Pupillin La Marcette Chardonnay 2023

La Marcette is the deepest and most powerful of Benjamin Benoit's Chardonnays, from vines his grandfather planted around seventy years ago.

Benoit farms half a hectare in La Marcette, at 335 metres in the south of Pupillin as the land runs towards Poligny. The soil is Triassic marl, a chalky clay, and the 65 to 70-year-old vines sit on the plateau of a hill directly above Les Charots and opposite the village. Despite that proximity the two wines could hardly be less alike: the sunnier Marcette parcels ripen considerably earlier and give a golden, generous style where Les Charots stays focused and chiselled. Winemaking follows the same pattern across all his Chardonnays so that site does the talking, with whole-bunch pressing to used 600-litre barrels, extended lees ageing in the ouillé manner and bottling without filtration. The result carries preserved citrus, orchard fruit, quince and camomile with a saline finish.

At its best now and over the next six years; serve at 10-12°C with rich poultry, pork in cream sauce or well-aged Comté.

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