Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise Chardonnay
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 1–4 years from release.
🍷 Vintage Profile
The 2024 growing season in the Côte Chalonnaise proved demanding, characterized by persistent rainfall throughout spring and early summer that intensified downy mildew pressure and tested sustainable farming interventions. Flowering was disrupted by cool conditions, causing widespread coulure and millerandage, which naturally lowered Chardonnay yields across hillside parcels. A cooler, drawn-out ripening period delayed picking into late September, yielding berries with moderate potential alcohol and elevated malic acidity reminiscent of classical Burgundian profiles. Viewed on the market as a high-tension, fresh vintage, this cuvée offers vibrant mineral drive and should be enjoyed in its energetic youth between 2026 and 2029.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared river trout with brown butter, roasted poultry with tarragon, creamy goat cheese like Charolais.
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from the clay-limestone slopes across the Côte Chalonnaise, this white cuvée relies on hillside parcels characterized by Jurassic limestone and marly subsoils. Fermentation takes place primarily in temperature-regulated stainless steel vats to preserve tension and fruit clarity, followed by maturation partly in stainless steel and neutral French oak barrels to introduce texture while maintaining varietal purity.
🍾 About the Producer
Signé Bourgogne represents an expressive regional portfolio crafted under the historic négociant house Maison François Martenot, which traces its foundation to July 1922 when Lucien Gustave Martenot acquired estate holdings in Savigny-lès-Beaune. Now integrated into Les Grands Chais de France (GCF) group with operational bottling headquarters in Vignoles, the brand sources fruit across premier Burgundy subregions, notably the limestone and clay-marl soils of the Côte Chalonnaise. Benefiting from a semi-continental climate featuring sun-exposed rolling hillsides, the viticulture adheres to sustainable principles to ensure authentic varietal expression. Traditional vinification combines thermo-regulated maceration and gentle extraction in stainless steel with balanced maturation in French oak barrels. Benchmark labels include the Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise Pinot Noir, a cuvée celebrated for pure red fruit aromas, bright acidity, supple tannins, and transparent terroir typicity.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
12.5%