Structure
Drinking window
Best 5 to 40 years from vintage.
vintage5 yrs40 yrs42 yrs
Critic scores
No critic score is published for this bottle that we can cite with a reviewer, a vintage and a review year, so none is shown. The rating in the header is our own.
In the glass
Aroma: walnut, spice, vanilla
Palate: walnut, spice
Vin Jaune from the small L'Etoile appellation, Savagnin picked late off grey and blue Lias marl at 40 hl per hectare and left under the veil for more than six years. The domaine records walnut, spice and vanilla, elegance and harmony, and calls it a wine for long keeping.
What it pairs with
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Chicken with morels
Named by the domaine as the house match. -
Braised ham in cream
Montbourgeau lists jambon braise a la creme on its serving card. -
Comte with country bread
The producer's own third suggestion for this bottle.
Facts
- Producer
- Domaine de Montbourgeau · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Savagnin (100%)
- Classification
- L'Etoile AOC
- Oak
- Six months in a 30 hl foudre, then over six years in 230 litre casks never topped up, under a fine grey yeast veil. Tasted and analysed for ethanal two or three times a year
- Drinking window
- 5-40 from vintage