2020 Domaine Marc Roy Marsannay 'Les Champs Perdrix'

Region: Burgundy, France

Grape: Chardonnay

Culinary Suggestions: Roast Poultry, Rich Oysters, Crayfish, Scallops, White Fish

Vineyard Practice: Organic

About

Domaine Marc Roy is located in Gevrey-Chambertin in the north part of the Côte de Nuits. Gevrey-Chambertin is home to an astonishing nine Grand-Cru appellations of Burgundy’s thirty-three. Accordingly, it is one of the most prestigious villages of Burgundy.

The Roy family has been cultivating grapes for four generations and in 1982, they began bottling their own production to fulfil their passion.

Domaine Marc Roy is an impressive Domaine of only four hectares. Their wines are arguably the most accomplished of the village appellation. The cuvée “Vieilles Vignes” is made from vines averaging 70 years in age from plots such as En Jouise, Carougeot, Les Murots, Les Crais, Vignes Belles and Les Seuvrées. Alexandrine Roy knows her vineyards intimately. The wine growing process is regarded as paramount at the Domaine. Vine by vine, the yields are managed to produce only small crops of healthy and concentrated grapes. She identifies the premium vines within her vineyards and exploits them in this amazing cuvée. The grapes are all “millerandées”, or naturally smaller berries than the norm. It has a greater natural concentration. - Importer Note

Tasting Notes

An exuberantly fresh nose reflects notes of straw, petrol, citrus and apple. There is a lovely sense of underlying tension to the overtly stony middle weight flavors that terminate in a clean and dry finale that is shaped by bright lemon-tinged acidity. This refreshing effort should drink well almost immediately.

88 points - Allen Meadows, Burghound.com June 2022

Drink: 2023+