Macon Villages
Macon Villages
Macon Villages is an appellation name given to 26 communes spread across the Maconnais region, producing wines that are a step up in quality from the regional Macon title. These wines are always white wines made from Chardonnay, and villages can add their names to the Macon title, for example, Macon-Uchizy or Macon-Lugny. They are also permitted to use the term Macon-Villages if desired. Many of the villages are to the west of the town of Macon, where the limestone rich hillsides provide a source of high-quality grapes, but there are also villages in the very north of the Maconnais. Warmer average temperatures than the rest of Burgundy and lower rainfall give excellent conditions for ripening Chardonnay grapes, and the wines are considerably richer and more fuller-bodied than the lean, mineral examples from Chablis in the far north of Burgundy. Macon-Villages wines have a broad palette of flavours due to their scattered geography, but typical examples include white flowers, honeysuckle, lemon verbena and orange citrus.
