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Viré-Clessé Cuvée Levroutée Domaine de la Bongran (J.Thevenet) 2017

  • Yellow fruit
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Wine for ageing
  • Color: White
  • Organic
  • 15% 
  • 0.75L
  • Intensity
  • Sweet

An extremely rare wine vinified the typical way for the appellation. Extensive ageing is highly recommended. More info

“Mâcon master”, Jean Thévenet, is both a pioneer of natural winemaking and a staunch defender of so-called “levrouté” wines (presenting residual sugars from grapes picked very ripe, late in the season). He vinifies Chardonnay grapes which are picked overripe (some fruit even reaches noble rot) and undergo malolactic fermentation before a long, 20-month ageing process in tuns on fine lees. This Mâconnais white wine is golden-robed with an expressive bouquet, exuding perfumes of cooked apple, mushrooms and truffle. Complex and long lasting in the mouth, it perfectly balances ripe yellow fruit aromas with fresh acidity. A wine well-suited to long cellaring (15-20 years), it is best decanted at least two hours before serving.

Viré-Clessé Cuvée Levroutée Domaine de la Bongran (J.Thevenet) serve at a temperature of 12°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Tarte aux abricots, Feuilletés poire-roquefort, Fromage persillé.

  • Vintage score: 16/20
  • Lot presentation
    Viré-Clessé Cuvée Levroutée Domaine de la Bongran (J.Thevenet)

    The wine

    “Mâcon master”, Jean Thévenet, is both a pioneer of natural winemaking and a staunch defender of so-called “levrouté” wines (presenting residual sugars from grapes picked very ripe, late in the season). He vinifies Chardonnay grapes which are picked overripe (some fruit even reaches noble rot) and undergo malolactic fermentation before a long, 20-month ageing process in tuns on fine lees. This Mâconnais white wine is golden-robed with an expressive bouquet, exuding perfumes of cooked apple, mushrooms and truffle. Complex and long lasting in the mouth, it perfectly balances ripe yellow fruit aromas with fresh acidity. A wine well-suited to long cellaring (15-20 years), it is best decanted at least two hours before serving.

    Information about domain Charly Thévenet

    Founded in Villié Morgon four generations ago, the Thévenet family domain is managed by Jean-Paul Thévenet. His son, Charly Thévenet, has created a wine in dedication to him, baptised Grain & Granit. Behind these family estate vines are organic farming methods . The vinification is a simple process where the wines are neither filtered nor clarified. Jean-Paul Thévenet joins the likes of winemakers Marcel Lapierre and Jean Foillard who have been instrumental in giving Beaujolais wines a new name in the natural wine scene. The wines he produces are elegant, juicy and show good capacity for ageing.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 1 Bottle
    • 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: 15 %
    • Country/Region: Burgundy
    • Appellation/Wine: Viré-Clessé
    • Producer/Owner: Domaine de la Bongran (J.Thevenet)
    • Vintage: 2017
    • Color: White
    • Service temperature: 12°
    • Viticulture: Organic 
    • Size (in ha): 15
    • Intensity: Sweet
    • Dominant aroma: Yellow fruit
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay
    Viré-Clessé Cuvée Levroutée Domaine de la Bongran (J.Thevenet)
    Viré-Clessé Cuvée Levroutée Domaine de la Bongran (J.Thevenet)

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