This is a
bottle of white house wine I had at a party a couple of months ago. It is a
Macon-Davaye from the Domaine de la Crois Senaillet. The Domaine takes its name
from the Cross erected at the village of Benoit Senaillet in 1886 to replace
one destroyed during the French Revolution. Founded in 1969, the estate is
located mainly in St Veran, with the rest in Macon and less than 1 hectare in
Poully-Fuisse. Culture raisonnable is practised in the vineyard with a minimum
of pesticides and chemicals used when necessary. This Macon-Davaye 2010 is
produced from 7 diffferent parcles in Davaye with the grapes averaging 28 years
old. After harvesting at full maturity, the grapes are destemmed, slow pressed
and slow fermented, undergoing full malo-lactic fermentation and lees-aging
prior to bottling. The wine is unoaked. It was golden yellow with a crisp
minerally and mildly fruity nose. The palate was dry lemony, slightly fruity
and acid supported by lemony acidity to the finish.
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