2023 | Jean Manciat Macon-Charnay Franclieu | Maconnais Donatella Cinelli Colombini delicate nose of garden berry

delicate nose of garden berry fruits

because it is neither watery nor syrupy or liqueur-like on the glass walls

It’s full-bodied with layers of ultra-fine

cocoa and baking spices

chalky tannins and a racy streak of minerality married to flavors of dried black cherry

2023 | Jean Manciat Macon-Charnay Franclieu | Maconnais Donatella Cinelli Colombini delicate nose of garden berryThis wine is made of 100% Chardonnay. The grapes are from Jean Manciat's oldest vines, at 30 35 years old, on a gentle, stony slope of clay limestone soils, which he considers to be his finest plot. The hand harvested fruit is whole cluster pressed, naturally fermented and aged on its fine lees in stainless steel tanks. No oak is involved at all, allowing the wine to express the fresh, tropical, and flinty nature of the fruit.