2019 VIRÉ-CLESSÉ Sélection EJ Thévenet Domaine de la Bon Gran

Grapes	Chardonnay	Colour	White
Origin	France, Burgundy	Other	Certified Organic
District	Mâconnais	Village	Viré-Clessé
ABV	14.5%

Grapes	Chardonnay
Colour	White
Origin	France, Burgundy
Other	Certified Organic
District	Mâconnais
Village	Viré-Clessé
ABV	14.5%

The 2019 Viré-Clessé had just been racked on my visit, therefore there was so much gas in this wine, as expected. Nevertheless, there is already fine balance and harmony, a keen line of acidity with a lovely spicy finish that lingers in the mouth. It’s a work in progress, but there is plenty of potential here. This is due to be bottled September 2022. Drinking range: 2025 - 2035 Rating: 90-92 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Nov 2021)

SIZE

1275cl bottles	£ 40.75
In a case of 12*	£ 36.25

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Domaine de la Bon Gran

The Thévenets' original and flagship domaine, in which Jean Thévenet's son Gautier is now formly in charge, still making wines which are rich and ripe and are given no oak at all, and yet which still manage to be the most complex and satisfying wines of the Mâconnais.

The main cuvée we ship is his top 'dry' cuvée, called 'Sélection EJ Thévenet', which, after a nervous few years in which wines with over 2g of residual sugar were not admitted into the appellation, is now allowed to be called Viré-Clessé. Gautier also makes tiny quantities of the highly sought-after Cuvée Levroutée, a late-harvest just touched by botrytis with the constitution and depth of a Montrachet, and infinitesimal amounts of his Cuvée Botrytis, a fully sweet Sélection des Grains Nobles style. Organic production.

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