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Viré-Clessé Cuvée E.J. Thevenet Domaine de la Bongran (J.Thevenet) 2015

  • Mineral
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Color: White
  • Organic
  • 14.50% 
  • 1.5L
  • Intensity
  • Crisp

This monopole Grand Cru from a renowned cooperative has staggering ageing potential. More info

This Viré-Clessé is produced from fifty-year-old Chardonnay vines grown in soils of clay, limestone and white marl. The grapes are harvested by hand and vinified in the traditional way using native yeasts, and the wine is matured for nearly 20 months in oak foudre tuns. This particularly mineral wine has a creamy, generous appearance. It will easily keep for about ten years. It will also benefit from a spell in your cellar before drinking.

Viré-Clessé Cuvée E.J. Thevenet Domaine de la Bongran (J.Thevenet) serve at a temperature of 12°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Blanquette de lotte, Lasagnes au chèvre, Poulet au citron.

  • Vintage score: 18/20
  • Lot presentation
    Viré-Clessé Cuvée E.J. Thevenet Domaine de la Bongran (J.Thevenet)

    The wine

    This Viré-Clessé is produced from fifty-year-old Chardonnay vines grown in soils of clay, limestone and white marl. The grapes are harvested by hand and vinified in the traditional way using native yeasts, and the wine is matured for nearly 20 months in oak foudre tuns. This particularly mineral wine has a creamy, generous appearance. It will easily keep for about ten years. It will also benefit from a spell in your cellar before drinking.

    Information about domain Domaine de la Bongran

    It is to Jean Thévenet and his son Gautier to whom we owe the sweet wines of Burgundy. Domaine de la Bongran is located in the Mâconnais, the most southern part of the Burgundy wine region. The wines are amazing, both when tasting and especially when drinking them, the results are quite simply stunning. The perfectly balanced wines of Domaine Bongran are to be discovered at all costs.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 1 Magnum
    • Level: 1 into-neck
    • Label: 1 good appearance
    • Origin: Producer
    • Recoverable VAT: Yes
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: yes
    • Alcohol percentage: 14.50 %
    • Country/Region: Burgundy
    • Appellation/Wine: Viré-Clessé
    • Producer/Owner: Domaine de la Bongran (J.Thevenet)
    • Vintage: 2015
    • Color: White
    • Service temperature: 12°
    • Viticulture: Organic 
    • Size (in ha): 15
    • Intensity: Crisp
    • Dominant aroma: Mineral
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay
    Viré-Clessé Cuvée E.J. Thevenet Domaine de la Bongran (J.Thevenet)
    Viré-Clessé Cuvée E.J. Thevenet Domaine de la Bongran (J.Thevenet)

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