2018 Gerald Talmard Macon-Uchizy Burgundy France

It’s a memory that pops up in our white wine daydreams: Sitting at the beloved San Francisco brasserie Absinthe, our table piled high with an ice-mounded plate of oysters, spiced and fried chickpeas, and enough country pâté to mortar a brick wall. Swirling in our glasses was one of the few wines that could tie it all together: the exquisite 2018 Gérald Talmard Mâcon-Uchizy. 

Fragrant notes of white flowers, citrus, pear, and melon and a mouthwatering, mineral palate went toe to toe with the oysters and sliced right through the richness of the pâté. Freshness and structure like this from Burgundy typically costs three times as much.

The cru of Uchizy is located in the northern portion of the Mâconnais, and the best Mâcon-Uchizy wines, like those that the Talmard family has been making for over 300 years, leverage the nearby Saône River to moderate temperatures and keep the grapes fresh. The best vineyards in Uchizy are some of the great hidden secrets of Burgundy, growing wines of ripe fruit and minerality that drink brilliantly. 

Gérald Talmard, the latest member of the family to farm the land, works with a single goal in mind: to allow the minerality and length of the clay-limestone soil to shine through. He amplifies the wine’s freshness even further by picking a bit earlier than his neighbors, and the results are mouthwateringly fragrant and taut in every sip. The 2018 Gérald Talmard Mâcon-Uchizy more closely resembles its pricey Côte d’Or cousins than its Mâconnais neighbors. 

2018 was a great year in Burgundy, and the 2018 Gérald Talmard Mâcon-Uchizy channels the vintage with exuberance. We knew it as soon as our first bottle was popped open that night at Absinthe. We’re confident you’ll feel just as passionately about it as we do from the comfort of your own home.

• Fruit Intensity
• Oak Intensity
• Body
• Sweetness
• Acidity

• ABV 13.50%
• Enjoy right away
• Drink Up
• % Chardonnay
• Serving temperature – 48°
• Stelvin