In 2008 the Beaumont family takes over the Domaine de la Garenne located on the hills of Azé village.The vineyard is planted on a beautiful sundrenched hill which enjoys a south-east exposure and is situated two leagues away from Cluny, heart of Christianity in the Middle Age.The worldwide famous Chardonnay grape, named after a near-by village and whose culture started in the XIth century through the work Benedictine monks, produces a finely fruity and crispy white wine.The union with the Devillard family from Mercurey, through the marriage of Pauline Beaumont and Amaury Devillard, has joined one of the best sites of the Maconnais region with one the most talented burgundy producer.
Thirty years ago the visionary mayor of the village of Azé in the Maconnais region in southern Burgundy had the great idea of offering the uncultivated land on top of the famous Azé prehistorical grotto. Judicious wine investors took advantage of this opportunity and the Domaine de la Garenne was born, finding its bucolic and wise name in the local land Registry. (The French noun garenne means rabbit warren)In 2008, Eliane and René Beaumont together with their children had the chance to get involved in the project of Domaine de la Garenne on the side of Bertrand and Christiane Devillard, heirs of Marquis de Jouenne in Mercurey, whose family had been in the wine business for centuries already. This ventured has been sealed by the marriage of Amaury Devillard and Pauline Beaumont. At that time Amaury was developing sales of Burgundy wines all over the world and he was looking for white Maconnais wines, as they were very popular as aperitif wines. Concurrently the Beaumont family was looking for some vineyards in the Maconnais region and the Domaine de la Garenne was on sale: the opportunities matched and a new destiny was set for the Domaine de la Garenne thanks to the competence of the Devillard team and the winemaker Robert Vernizeau.
The reputation of the Domaine got quickly better and better and the quality of its wine has been recognized by several awards, the most recent being the election as part of the top 10 Chardonnays from Burgundy, vintage 2010, by the British “Decanter Magazine”. Nowadays the Garenne is distributed not only in North America but also in Japan, China, Great Britain, northern European countries and yet in Brazil. The Beaumont family, Eliane and René together with their daughter Pauline and Amaury are happy and proud to represent their beloved southern Burgundy through the Domaine de la Garenne. The Garenne estate acts today as a worldwide ambassador of its region.
Grapes:Chardonnay
Taste:Beautiful gold pale color with bright green tints.The nose develops notes of exotic fruits (litchis), dry herbs and eucalyptus aromas.In the mouth, the wine is fresh, fruity, minty with some mineral and flint notes. It also develops saline notes.The wine is persistent with a great final.
