2024 Mâcon-Villages, Domaine Perraud

• Style: Mineral-driven, bright, medium-bodied
• Taste: Stone fruit and citrus with saline edge, white flower whisper
• Food: Shellfish, white fish, mushroom, poultry, oily fish
• Occasion: Weeknight, Sunday lunch
• Serve: Chilled, 8–10°C

In the Glass — Tasting Notes

Stone fruit warmth sits over a citrus backbone, lifted by a whisper of white flowers and mineral snap. Medium-bodied and bright, with the saline edge that flint-rich soil gives freely, this is a wine that rewards attention: lean ripeness, measured alcohol at 13%, and the kind of limestone minerality that defines the best of cool-vintage Burgundy.

The Winery — Domaine Perraud

Jean-Christophe Perraud founded his domaine in 2005 at just 24, converting his family's 30 hectares from co-operative sales into his own cellar. The 2024 vintage comes from vines between 20–25 years old, worked under newly certified organic practices. Cool, damp growing conditions shaped the fruit — chalk pebbles, clay, and flint work together to store heat and add richness. Machine-harvested at dawn to preserve freshness, fermented cool in stainless steel with wild yeasts, then aged on its lees for ten months, building texture without masking the mineral core. A young vigneron proving the Mâconnais deserves serious attention.

At Your Table — Food Pairing & Serving

Roasted chicken, creamy cheeses like Brie or Saint-Nectaire, butter-sauced fish, shellfish, mushroom dishes — this wine pairs as naturally as breathing. Chill to 8–10°C and pour for weeknight suppers or Sunday lunch. Organic from the 2024 harvest and vegan-friendly, it sits alongside the rest of our Chardonnay selection as a reminder that some of the finest white wines come from quiet corners of Burgundy, not its famous names. Explore more refined, uncomplicated bottles from this region and across France.