Producer >
Gérald Talmard, cousin of Mallory at Cave Talmard, produces a very small range of wines from 17 ha of vineyard in the village of Uchizy, in the northern Mâconnais. Gérald’s philosophy has always been to keep things simple and to emphasise the pureness of the wines. The Mâcon-Uchizy is made from 100% Chardonnay and fermented entirely in tank.
Viticulture >
Uchizy is a small village in the northern part of the Maconnais, where the flat, rich alluvial plain beside the Saone River starts to rise towards the limestone outcrops to the West. The 30 hectare estate is planted entirely with Chardonnay on soils of limestone with a clay/loam topsoil. The majority of the vineyards face south/south east and the climate is continental with warm summers and cold winters. The farming approach is minimum intervention.