Bret Brothers, Macon, Chardonnay Climat Les Crays 2022

The three Bret Brothers - Marc-Antoine, Jean-Guillaume and Jean-Philippe - have Burgundy in their veins, having been brought up by farmers in the Macon. However, their family long sold off their grapes, and only in 2000 did the brothers decide to make the wines themselves, unconvinced that the local Co-op was creating anything worthy of their efforts in the vineyard. In 2001, they took it a step further with the creation of Bret Brothers, which would serve as a negociant for grapes from equally enthusiastic growers nearby.

Everything is tended organically, with biodynamic practices being put into use in the vineyards more recently, throughout the villages of Saint-Veran, Pouilly-Fuisse and Pouilly-Vinzelles for La Soufrandiere. The Bret Brothers range can vary widely in terms of its villages as they truly look to multiple talented and rising star vignerons in their surrounding regions.

"What a beautiful terroir! We are in the hamlet of Champvent, a stone's throw from Chardonnay. The name of course evokes the mineral. The clay soil reveals white limestone pebbles here and there. Full west exposure. An even denser, more precise version than the previous one."

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