2023 | Jean Manciat Macon-Charnay Franclieu | Maconnais Donatella Cinelli Colombini crisp Champagne with notes of

crisp Champagne with notes of white peach and nougat and a gorgeous creamy palate

delicate nose of garden berry fruits

cocoa and baking spices

but also has wonderful freshness for this density

because it is neither watery nor syrupy or liqueur-like on the glass walls

2023 | Jean Manciat Macon-Charnay Franclieu | Maconnais Donatella Cinelli Colombini crisp Champagne with notes ofThis wine is made of 100% Chardonnay. The grapes are from Jean Manciat's oldest vines, at 30 35 years old, on a gentle, stony slope of clay limestone soils, which he considers to be his finest plot. The hand harvested fruit is whole cluster pressed, naturally fermented and aged on its fine lees in stainless steel tanks. No oak is involved at all, allowing the wine to express the fresh, tropical, and flinty nature of the fruit.