Pacaud Vignerons - Saint-Véran - Terroirs de Chasselas - White - 2023

Wine:

The 2023 Saint-Véran Terroirs de Chasselas White charms with its precision, finesse, and beautifully pure style. Aged with great restraint, it has an easy-drinking character that really shines. The wine opens with aromas of fresh butter, delicate floral notes, and a subtle mineral touch, all wrapped around beautifully ripe fruit flavors. Its crisp, focused structure makes it an ideal companion for fish dishes. This is a wine of rare freshness and elegance, awarded an impressive score of 92/100 by the Selection Committee.

Vinification:

Hand harvested. Direct pressing of whole grapes. Vinification without sulphur, using indigenous yeasts. Aged for 10 months on fine lees, 40% in oak barrels used for 4 to 6 wines and 60% in concrete and stainless steel vats. Light filtration on white earth before bottling at the estate.

Organic wine certified by Ecocert.

Color:

Bright light gold.

Nose:

Notes of fresh butter punctuated with floral and mineral touches.

Palate:

precise and vibrant, with beautifully ripe fruit flavors. This wine, aged with great restraint, delivers a refreshing, easy-drinking profile, offering rare freshness and elegance.

Temperature:

Serve between 10 and 12°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Pike quenelle, sole or other fish meunière or beurre blanc, mushroom risotto.

Cellar aging:

From today until 2027.

A rising star of the Mâconnais, Pacaud Vignerons is the new name to watch. Brothers Julien and Sébastien Pacaud farm 12 hectares across Pouilly-Fuissé, Pouilly-Loché, and Saint-Véran — all certified organic since the 2022 vintage.

Their Whites are precision-crafted gems, made with minimal sulphur and zero new oak — pure joy for any wine lover.