MÂCON VILLAGES
2023 Clos Saint Pancras Domaine Frantz Chagnoleau
| Grapes | Chardonnay |
| Colour | White |
| Origin | France, Burgundy |
| District | Mâconnais |
| Village | Mâcon Villages |
| ABV | 13% |
| Vineyard | Clos Saint Pancras |
The 2023 Mâcon-Villages Clos Saint-Pancras, raised in foudres, has gained a little more detail on the nose since I tasted it from barrel last year. Bright and malic. The palate is well balanced with a keen line of acidity, spicier than I recall with good weight on the finish. Worth seeking out—this is classy for an entry-level cuvée! Drinking range: 2025 - 2029 Rating: 89 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Aug 2025)
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We offer free nationwide delivery on all orders over £150 (excluding Highlands & Islands). Express Delivery options also available.Domaine Frantz Chagnoleau
Frantz Chagnoleau and his wife Caroline Gon, who was until 2022 also the winemaker at the Comte Lafon Mâcon operation, are rising stars of the Mâconnais. Together they have a small domaine consisting of 3.5 hectares of Mâcon in a single block in Saint Albain, and several small plots in Viré Clessé, Saint Véran and Pouilly Fuissé, making up 6.8 hectares in total. All the vineyards are organically farmed (Ecocert certified).
Great care is taken at harvest to pick at the optimum moment for sugars, acidity and aromatic precursors, and they will stop the picking between parcels if they think that the ripening is not even across the whole domaine. Grapes are manually picked into 25kg cases, so as to get whole, undamaged grapes to the winery. After careful pressing, a very non-interventionist vinification takes place with natural yeasts in oak foudres or 600l demi-muids and a few traditional 225l pièces, with no new wood.
The wines are kept on the lees to preserve freshness until the beginning of summer, when they are racked and lightly filtered, before bottling before the next harvest, except for some of the top wines which are aged for another six months in tank in order to develop fully. The wines are in a style which is bright and incisive, expressive and pure - and well worth seeking out.
The Winter Essentials Mixed Case
A 12-bottle collection designed for the bright side of winter. Comforting reds, crisp whites, and sparkling discoveries that prove January is a time for pleasure, not penance.
The Winter Essentials Mixed Case threads this needle perfectly. It's a collection of wines that are light on their feet but deep in character—bottles chosen to invigorate the palate without sacrificing that essential winter richness.
❄️ The Virtuous Discoveries
If you're looking for wines that feel like a brisk walk on a frosty morning, look to the whites in this case. We've included the 2024 Pinot Gris from Illahe Vineyards in Oregon—a winery so committed to sustainability that they still use draft horses to harvest the grapes. It sits alongside the Sonwater White from the Swartland, a Chenin blend that captures the wild, dusty energy of South Africa. For the traditionalist, there's the limestone snap of Dauvissat's Petit Chablis and the textural elegance of Chagnoleau's Mâcon Villages.
🍷 Comfort & Sunshine
For the reds, we've balanced old-world soul with new-world sunshine. Land of Saints GSM brings a beam of Santa Barbara light to a grey London day, while Domaine Gayda's T'Air d'Oc Syrah offers juicy, pepper-dusted crunch. When the evening draws in, you can retreat to the savoury, brooding grip of Luigi Maffini's Aglianico, the leather-and-cherry notes of Fattoria di Magliano's Morellino di Scansano, or the timeless Pinot Noir comfort of Domaine Ninot's Rully Rouge.
✨ Bookends Worth Celebrating
Bookended by two sparkling wines that rival the big names of Champagne—a Franciacorta of immense pedigree and a Limoux Méthode Traditionnelle—this case is an invitation to broaden your horizons.
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