Domaine Marc Colin Saint-Véran Les Crèches 2023
Domaine Marc Colin
Marc Colin's Saint-Véran is a textbook example of why the Mâconnais deserves more serious attention. The Les Crèches lieu-dit sits on limestone soils that give this Chardonnay a taut, mineral profile that punches well above its price point. It drinks with the focus of a wine twice its cost.
Nose
Fresh and inviting, with green apple and white peach leading. Subtle citrus blossom and a chalky mineral note emerge behind the fruit. A hint of almond adds a pleasant nutty undertone without any heaviness.
Palate
Medium-bodied with bright, clean acidity. The palate offers crisp green apple and melon alongside a saline, almost flinty minerality that gives the wine its backbone. A touch of lemon curd richness develops mid-palate, kept in check by the wine's energetic freshness. Precise and poised.
Finish
Medium-length with lingering citrus, mineral, and a clean, slightly buttery note that adds just a whisper of roundness.
- Varietal
- Chardonnay
- Blend
- 100% Chardonnay
- Vineyards
- Les Crèches, Saint-Véran, Mâconnais
- Alcohol
- 13.0%
- Organic / Biodynamic
- No
- Skin Contact
- No
Food Pairing
The wine's mineral freshness and green apple acidity cut through the richness of brown butter, while its subtle nutty undertone complements the briny pop of capers alongside the delicate trout.
Produced by the Colin family in the village of Gamay near Saint-Aubin, where they have farmed Burgundian vineyards for generations, this Saint-Véran comes from the limestone-rich Les Crèches parcel in the southern Mâconnais.
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