2024 Nicolas Maillet Mâcon-Verzé Blanc "Les Essarts" (PRE-ARRIVAL ONLY)

Pre-arrival price only, wine will be $95 when landed.

Very limited - 6 bottle maximum sorry.

Neal Martin, Vinous - "This is a little gem of an estate, rudimentary in some ways yet marked by constant attention to detail. Maillet’s 2024 Mâcon-Verzé L'Essart is a wonderful articulation of that lieu-dit and comes highly recommended. Likewise, the Le Chemin Blanc that comes from 80- to 90-year-old vines has a complexity you would ascribe to a fine Premier Cru from the Côte de Beaune. Prices remain very reasonable.”

93 Points, Neal Martin. Vinous - "The debut 2024 Mâcon-Verzé L'Essart comes from the titular lieu-dit on white limestone soils. It has a very mineral-driven nose with a little more intensity than the regular cuvée, with crushed stone and a little gunflint. The palate is tensile right from the start, with slightly more sapidity, perhaps Puligny-like, and a vibrant green apple finish that lingers. Superb!"

94 Points, Gary Walsh (The Wine Front) – “This is salty, stony and a little bit smoky, preserved lemon, papaya, green mango and mint. It has a gentle almond creaminess, but also has a salty persuasion, a fine chalky grip, with a juicy finish of excellent length. There’s a bit of extra tension here, and it’s a delicious and lovely wine.”

100% Chardonnay from a superb plot of 50+ year old vines in Mâcon-Verzé.  A whiff of spearmint & crushed rock on the nose.  The phenolics are a highlight here with lemon pith characters on a laden finish of superb length.  It's benchmark Mâcon for quality but perhaps not for style - it's ultra tight & steely.