Saint-Véran, in the Mâconnais region of southern Burgundy, is the source of delicious Chardonnays laced with Burgundy’s inimitable limestone soil signature. In the gorgeous, generous, and critically acclaimed 2017 vintage, Drouhin has fashioned another immediately enjoyable, soil-driven white Burgundy. The 2017 Saint-Véran sports a lovely lemon-gold color in the glass followed by aromas of sweet cream butter, honeysuckle, apple blossoms, and salty limestone minerals. On the palate, the wine is packed with delicious suggestions of raw hazelnuts, buttery lemon curd, and white flower, amplified by lilting acidity. A vibrant undercurrent of saline oyster shell minerality marks the wine’s long lip-smacking finish. Enjoy this lovely, authentic, reasonably-priced white Burgundy now and over the coming three years with salmon, pork, roast chicken, duck, boudin blanc, and light pork dishes.
A January 2020 newsletter selection
