- Wines in Portfolio -
"CLOS DES BRUYERES"
BOURGOGNE ALIGOTÉ
Type: Dry white
Appellation: Bourgogne Aligoté
Site & Vines: a single parcel of aligoté planted approx 15 years ago.
Vinification & Elevage: fermented and aged in stainless steel with 18 months ageing on fine lees.
Age-ability: 5 years
Notes: Complex, round, floral and salty. Although these are relatively young vines, this Aligoté offers distinctive mineral and saline notes and a certain depth on the palate. No need for cassis in this single parcel bottling!
"LE PAVILLON"
MÂCON-BUSSIÈRES
Type: Dry White
Appellation: Mâcon-Bussières
Site & Vines: Le Pavillon is a marriage of two parcels, one with 70 year old vines and the other with 15 year old vines. Both parcels sit on hard limestone which rises close to the surface and lends a distinct minerality to this wine.
100% Chardonnay
Vinification & Elevage: It is vinified and aged entirely in stainless steel tank where it remains from 12 to 18 months on the lees before a light filtration, if needed, and bottling.
Notes: Vintage in and vintage out this entry level bottling never fails to impress with its pronouced minerality, textural complexity, and bright acidity. Like drinking liquiefied limestone with fleshy apple and melon undertones.
CUVÉE CLAUDE SEIGNEURET
MACON-BUSSIÈRES
Type: Dry White
Appellation: Mâcon-Bussières
Grape Variety/ varieties: 100% Chardonnay
Site & Vines: 4 separate parcels on limestone with a southern exposure planted by Claude Seigneuret in 1926. Own rooted.
Vinification & Elevage: Fermented and aged in Burgundy barrels, 10% new and the remainder from 1 to 8 years, for 12 to 18 months before fining and light filtration, if needed.
Age-ability: 10 years
Notes: Vibrant and mineral driven while gaining in complexity and depth from the old-vine fruit.
Rosé VIN de BOURGOGNE
Type: dry rosé
Appellation: Vin de Bourgogne
Grape Variety/ varieties: 100% Gamay
Site & Vines: From the Monterrains parcel. Single parcel on granite
Vinification & Elevage: Direct Press Rosé, aged in stainless steel.
Notes: 2019 is the inaugural release of rosé for the domaine. It’s floral, juicy, nicely textured and is an excellent food companion rosé.
“Les Monterrains” MACON-SERRIÈRES
Type: Dry red
Appellation: Mâcon-Serrières
Site & Vines: Single parcel of Gamay on granite. Unlike most of the domaines limestone parcels, this site is based on granite, showcasing a more Beaujolais character.
Vinification & Elevage: 80% de-stemmed. Vinified in the traditional Burgundy style (no carbonic) and aged in older wood tanks for 10 months.
Notes: Upfront, brightly fruited underscored by minerality.
LES DEVANTS
MÂCON-BUSSIÈRES
Type: Dry red
Appellation: Mâcon Bussières
Site & Vines: Four separate parcels where Claude Seigneuret planted Gamay in 1926. Own rooted.
Vinification & Elevage: Vinified in the traditional Burgundy style. The fruit is de-stemmed and ferments in open top containers, with punch downs as needed over a period of two weeks. The wine is aged in neutral barrel for up to 12 months.
Notes: Explosively aromatic with an underlying structure that could easily be mistaken for Pinot. The old vine fruit and traditional fermentation make a serious gamay that is seriously delicious.
Domaine de la Sarazinière
Mâcon Villages / Bussières
Father and son Philippe and Guilaume Trébignaud are the 3rd and 4th generations to farm a selection of well situated parcels in the southern Mâcon with a swathe of older vines, including single old vine parcels of Chardonnay and Gamay planted in 1926 by Philippe's great uncle Claude Seigneuret. The domaine's entry level bottling averages 60 year old vines. The vines dig deep into the limestone bedrock and allow the duo to hone the racy and vibrant qualities that make their wines so compelling.
The domaine boasts an array of single parcel bottlings, in both white and red, all of which are single varietal, each showcasing a unique terroir and purity of fruit. In true Burgundian fashion, Philippe is fascinated by the subtle differences of each parcel and it's unique exposition and works as intuitively as possible to coax out the nuanced expression of each site. Limestone subsoil is the geologicial common thread and father and son let it take center stage in each cuvée.
They have always worked with the conviction that the only way to farm is with living soils, regularly plowed and not treated with pesticides and herbicides and fermentations are always done with native yeasts. In 2018 they began transitioning to organic certification through Eco Cert.
Domaine de la Sarazinière is in the village of Bussières, one of approximately 40 recognized villages in Mâcon-Villages. Sarazinière is the name of a small river and the surrounding lieux-dit where the domaine was created at the beginning of the 20th century. The first vines were planted in 1926 by Philippe's uncle Claude Seigneuret and those vines still go into the domaine's leading old vine cuvées - "Cuvée Claude Seigneuret" for the blanc and "Les Devants" for the rouge. The domaine's six hectares are divided between Aligoté, Chardonnay and Gamay and average 60 years old.
