The Macon-Villages appellation covers white wines produced in selected communes of the Maconnais wine area in southern Burgundy. The landscape of the Maconnais is one of rolling limestone hills, bordered in the east by the Saone River. The Mont Pele vineyard is a south-easterly facing vineyard on a very dry, acidic limestone soil with some clay, which produces a light, fresh and approachable style of Macon-Villages, with the clay component providing good water retention properties, to nourish the vines during the warm summers. The 35-year-old vines are pruned according to the Guyot Arcure method, an arched style of pruning, which allows for a better circulation of the sap. Where possible the soils are worked by hand, to reduce the need for synthetic preparations.