Domaine Desire Petit Chateau Chalon Vin Jaune 2010 62cl Lirac Big chocolate and coconut husk

Big chocolate and coconut husk comes out of the glass followed by a load of jam and a handful of dry earth thrown in

A barrel fermented aromatic Riesling that is dry with citrussy notes leading onto a yeasty note coming from the 8 months spent sur lie

The Piersanti Winery was founded in 1955 by Giovanni Piersanti and his children

such is the extraordinary quality of their base wines

Just delicious

Domaine Desire Petit Chateau Chalon Vin Jaune 2010 62cl Lirac Big chocolate and coconut huskManzanilla notes on the nose due to the method of production of this traditional style of wine which involves a floating layer of yeast called Voile similar to the Flor yeast found in Jerez. The wine shows notes of fresh walnuts and roasted almonds and minerality. The finish is lively yet refined and very long, and the wine has the ability to develop over the next ten to fifteen years. Savagnin from a single Beaumont plot is initially fermented in the