Roc Breïa Chardonnay 2021

Roc Breïa Chardonnay is a Vin de France from old vines at Bray in the northern Mâconnais, bottled at just 11% alcohol.

The village of Bray sits in the north of the Mâcon, in a cool pocket that also takes in Cruzille and Verzé and ripens later than most of the region. The Roc Breïa vines face west on a windy site, which keeps disease pressure low, and the Chardonnay comes from plantings dating to the mid-1940s and the mid-1970s. Théo Dancer keeps the cellar work simple: whole-bunch pressing, fermentation in used 500-litre barrels, bottling unfiltered, and the only sulphur addition made at bottling, a very small 20 mg/L. Rather than claim the Mâcon-Bray appellation, Dancer labels the wine Vin de France, which leaves him free to pick when he chooses rather than to a set date. The result sits well outside the usual Mâcon template.

Drink over the next two to four years. Serve at 10-12°C with grilled fish, a chicken and tarragon salad or fresh goat's cheese.

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