Sous la Velle
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
pan-seared scallops, roasted poultry, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from the historic lieu-dit 'Sous la Velle' situated just below the village of Meursault, this white Burgundy represents a harmonious marriage of classic French terroir and modern, low-intervention winemaking. The vineyard's name, translating to 'under the town', features deep clay-limestone soils that yield a richer, more generous expression of Chardonnay compared to the steeper hillside plots. Mark Haisma coaxes a vibrant energy from this parcel, utilizing wild yeasts and older French oak barrels to preserve the natural tension, bright citrus acidity, and classic Meursault characteristics of white peach, toasted hazelnut, and flinty minerality without letting heavy oak dominate the palate.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 2007 by Australian winemaker Mark Haisma, formerly head winemaker alongside Dr. Bailey Carrodus at Yarra Yering, this micro-négociant and domaine operation is anchored in Gevrey-Chambertin. Transitioning from an artisan négociant sourcing fruit across the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune to an estate vigneron with parcels in Gevrey and the northern Mâconnais, Haisma pursues an organic viticultural philosophy with minimal cellar intervention. His winemaking focuses on gentle extraction, judicious use of whole clusters, ambient yeast fermentations, and neutral oak to highlight transparent site expression rather than cellar imprint. Alongside benchmark village and premier cru Burgundies such as Gevrey-Chambertin and Volnay, Haisma crafts northern Rhône Syrah and cheeky, iconoclastic bottlings such as 'A Bogan in Bogandy' and his Mâconnais-grown Shiraz, delivering wines defined by mineral tension, savory freshness, and precise fruit purity.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
13-13.5%