Macon-Villages wines have a broad palette of flavours due to their scattered geography, but typical examples include white flowers, honeysuckle, lemon verbena and orange citrus.
Warmer average temperatures than the rest of Burgundy and lower rainfall give excellent conditions for ripening Chardonnay grapes, and the wines are considerably richer and more fuller-bodied than the lean, mineral examples from Chablis in the far north of Burgundy. The names of Rioja’s distinctive villages were never celebrated on wine labels until recently. The Cte de Nuits contains 24 out of the 25 red grand cru. Our wine store in Cincinnati, OH, provides a wide range of wines of all ages and tastes, perfect for your dinner party or for a celebration. Many of the villages are to the west of the town of Macon, where the limestone rich hillsides provide a source of high-quality grapes, but there are also villages in the very north of the Maconnais. The relatively ordinary village wines are produced from the flat territory nearer the villages. At Village Wines of Glendale, we serve wine connoisseurs with a taste for elegant, high-quality drinks.
They are also permitted to use the term Macon-Villages if desired.
These wines are always white wines made from Chardonnay, and villages can add their names to the Macon title, for example, Macon-Uchizy or Macon-Lugny. GoGi Cellars owner Kurt Russell showcased two pinot noirs and a chardonnay called Goldie during the first Meet the Winemaker event held by Village Wines. Macon Villages is an appellation name given to 26 communes spread across the Maconnais region, producing wines that are a step up in quality from the regional Macon title.
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