Xavier & Jérôme Garnier - Vin de France - L'Instant Tannay - Blanc - 2020

Wine:

The 2020 White Tannay Melon Instant Vin de France offers intense aromas of citrus fruits, lemon and grapefruit in particular, with a fine smoky note. The fresh frame, carried by a beautiful straightness, plays on an acidulous register, of acacia flower; the whole is persistent, dense and relatively light, suitable to be combined with light entries.

Vinification:

Fermentation of 90 days in stainless steel tanks, malolactic fermentation carried out in full.
Aged on lees in stainless steel tanks for 18 months.

Color:

Bright light gold with green highlights.

Nose:

Intense aromas of citrus, lemon and grapefruit, highlighted by smoky notes.

Palate:

Dense and fresh, this wine offers a dense and light palate, finely acidic and of beautiful persistence.

Temperature:

Serve between 10 and 12°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Aperitif, goat cheese, seafood platter.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2024.

Revealed by the critics, 1 star in the RVF Guide, the Garnier Estate is distinguished by an uncompromising and extremely meticulous style. Brothers Xavier and Jérôme Garnier deliver with each wine an honest and refined interpretation of the terroirs of Burgundy, on the limestone soils of Chablis but also on the vineyard of Tannay, which is in full renaissance. 

This enclave of the Nièvre, not far from Sancerre, planted with melon de Bourgogne, is experiencing a new growth Today, 25 hectares remain on the hillsides where the Garnier family makes fresh wines like in Chablis.