The various sub-appellations of Macon

When I encountered this wine at a party, it struck me that I had not met this particular village in the Maconnais before. I was used to Macon, Macon-Villages and Macon-Lugny, but although I remember seeing Macon-Uchizy in Marks and Spencer, I took no further notice until seeing this wine. I also knew that there used to be Macon-Vire and Macon-Clesse, but these have combined to give a new appellation of Vire-Clesse. Actually although Macon produces red, rose and white wines, Macon-Villages applies only to white wines. Some 26 villages can be appended to the Macon name for white wines, of which 19 also produce red and rose wines from Gamay. There is an exclusively rose village, that of Serriere. One of the twenty-six is the village of Chardonnay, where the grape is supposed to have originated. Whether this is so cannot be absolutely confirmed, but Macon-Chardonnay is not a white only sub-appellation, it also produced red and rose Macon wines too.