La Garenne
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared scallops, roasted chicken in a creamy tarragon sauce, or aged Comté cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the high-altitude premier cru climat of Puligny-Montrachet, Marchand-Tawse's 'La Garenne' is a masterclass in mineral-driven Chardonnay. The vineyard's name, historically referring to an ancient rabbit warren, hints at its wild, stony, and steep terrain located near the hamlet of Blagny. Here, thin, limestone-rich soils force the vines to dig deep, imparting a signature tension, flinty reduction, and vibrant acidity to the wine. Marchand-Tawse respects this unique terroir through meticulous biodynamic farming and minimal-intervention winemaking, fermenting the hand-harvested grapes with native yeasts and aging the wine in French oak barrels. The result is a white Burgundy of immense purity, showcasing aromas of white flowers, lemon curd, and crushed stones, balanced by a textured, saline finish.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 2010 through the collaboration of acclaimed French-Canadian vigneron Pascal Marchand and Canadian entrepreneur Moray Tawse, Marchand-Tawse is a boutique domaine and négociant house based in Nuits-Saint-Georges in the heart of Burgundy, France. Uniting Pascal Marchand's decades of Burgundian winemaking mastery with exceptional terroirs spanning the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune, the estate crafts wines that deeply reflect their individual climats. The winemaking philosophy is anchored in organic and biodynamic principles, characterized by meticulous fruit selection, gentle extraction, native fermentations, and judicious oak aging. Renowned for pure, expressive Chardonnay bottlings—including monumental Grand Crus like Bâtard-Montrachet—as well as elegant, structured Pinot Noirs, Marchand-Tawse exemplifies modern Burgundian precision balanced with historic finesse.
🍇 Grape Varieties
100% Chardonnay