Mâcon La Roche Vineuse Vieilles Vignes
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2027
🍷 Vintage Profile
The 2022 vintage in the Mâconnais was marked by a hot, arid growing season with minimal fungal disease, allowing organically managed parcels to maintain pristine sanitary conditions. Deep-root systems of the old vines resisted severe drought stress, while timely August rains unlocked physiological ripening and preserved crucial malic acidity. The resulting Chardonnay shows concentrated stone fruit and floral aromatics balanced by the limestone sector's structural tension. Drinking exceptionally well in 2026, it possesses the phenolic depth to cellar reliably through 2029.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted chicken, creamy mushroom risotto, grilled sea bass
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the limestone-rich slopes of La Roche-Vineuse, a village named for its famous wine-nurturing stone cliffs, this cuv e is crafted from old Chardonnay vines that dig deep into the classic clay-limestone soils of the M connais. The 2022 vintage was characterized by a warm, sun-drenched growing season across Burgundy, which yielded beautifully ripe fruit with excellent concentration while maintaining a bright, balancing acidity. Aged on its fine lees, this wine beautifully marries the rich, golden orchard fruit and white flower aromas of a warm vintage with the intense, flinty minerality and saline finish native to these ancient soils.
🍾 About the Producer
Domaine Sylvaine & Alain Normand was established in 1993 when Alain Normand settled in the Mâconnais with 13 hectares of rented vineyards in La Roche-Vineuse. The estate expanded significantly in 2010 when his wife Sylvaine joined the operation, contributing historic family holdings across Solutré-Pouilly and Chaintré. Today spanning approximately 35 hectares across La Roche-Vineuse, Prissé, Igé, Solutré, and Chaintré, the domaine farms organically certified vineyards set predominantly on Jurassic limestone and clay marl slopes. Winemaking focuses on classical, intervention-minimal techniques: indigenous yeast fermentations, extended aging on fine lees in stainless steel and neutral French oak barrels, and modest use of sulfur. Benchmark labels include the Mâcon La Roche-Vineuse Vieilles Vignes, drawn from postwar vines planted in the 1940s, alongside single-climat bottlings of Pouilly-Fuissé and Mâcon-Igé Château London, all renowned for their tension, crystalline citrus character, and mineral salinity.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
13%