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Domaine de la Croix Senaillet, Saint-Véran, 2020

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Christian Gott – An Island Chef

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It’s wine Wednesday and there is so much I want to tell you about this amazing wine but I also want to say just how much I am enjoying my wine journey and the incredible people I am meeting. The wine community in Jersey is so friendly, sharing knowledge and enthusiasm, and at a recent wine tasting, I was reminded of perhaps the greatest thing about wine – there is just so much great wine out there to try. And if you are unsure of what to buy your friendly local wine merchant is there to help you choose whatever your price point. Like this delicious Burgundy which packs a serious punch for the cost.

Domaine de la Croix Senaillet

I tasted this wine in the summer, but I would be equally happy now opening a bottle with some mussels with pastis or some lovely grilled fish it will pair equally well with a warm goat’s cheese salad. Made from Chardonnay grapes from vines with an average age of forty-five years, and grown in over forty plots of mainly clay and limestone soils Domaine de la Croix Senaillet is vinified in a mix of stainless steel and a small number of oak barrels. Saint-Véran is a wine-producing appellation in the south of the Mâconnais region, next to the more famous Pouilly-Fuissé.

This wine ticks a lot of boxes that much more expensive white Burgundies strive for – complexity, citrus and honey aromas on the nose, and flavours of peach, stone fruits, and nectarines. A pronounced minerality, balanced acidity, and a touch of creamy vanilla and spice from the oak. The wine has a long appealing finish.

Grape variety                                Chardonnay

Country of origin                        France

Region                                               Mâconnais / Saint-Véran

Vintage                                            2020

Alcohol                                            14%

Notes

Certified organic and suitable for vegans

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Formerly a full-time chef and publican, I’ve worked for two breweries, an award-winning Jersey based wine merchants and now try to write and broadcast about food and drink for local and national media including What’s Brewing and BBC Local Radio.