2015 Mâcon-Uchizy Les Maranches

Dominique Lafon began his Mâconnais adventure in 1999 with seven hectares of vines; he now owns or controls nearly 25. His original purchases in Milly-Lamartine are at high altitude and ripen late, but his Pouilly-Fuissé, on which he has a long-term lease, is on a north-facing slope under the Vergisson rock and is also harvested late. According to winemaker Caroline Gon, the estate always starts the harvest with its holding in Mâcon-Uchizy, which is at low altitude near the river and faces south. “It can get overripe very quickly,” said Gon, adding that “we don’t make Mâconnais wines to age a long time; we like them young and fruity.” Lafon himself is fond of saying that “we don’t make little Meursaults here; we do great Mâconnais wines.”