Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise Chardonnay
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 1–4 years from vintage.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared river trout with lemon butter, roasted poultry in tarragon cream, and aged goat milk cheeses.
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from the rolling limestone and clay-marl slopes of the Côte Chalonnaise, this dry white relies on high-altitude exposition to preserve tension and crispness. Cool temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel vats retains delicate primary fruit aromas, followed by fine lees maturation with a portion of light oak barrel aging that provides rounded mid-palate texture without masking the characteristic chalky mineral backbone.
🍾 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
100% Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
12.5% - 13.0%