Category : Appellation Village

Wine-growing region: Côte de Beaune vineyards

Creation of the appellation: 31 July 1937

Colour / grape variety : Red wines, Pinot Noir grape variety. White wines, Chardonnay grape variety.

Area under production* :

1 hectare (ha) = 10,000 m² = 24 ouvrées
Reds: 86.13 ha (including 26.95 ha in Premier Cru)
Whites: 223.12 ha (including 121.17 ha in Premier Cru)

Average annual harvest** :

1 hectolitre (hl) = 100 litres = 133 bottles

Reds: 3,667 hl (including 1,004 hl in Premier Cru)
Whites: 10,327 hl (of which 5,352 hl Premier Cru)

*in 2022 ** 5-year average 2017-2021

Village appellation in Côte de Beaune, Côte-d’Or (AOC).

This appellation comprises 55 Climats classified as Premier Cru.

The commune of Chassagne-Montrachet also produces 3 Grands Crus: Montrachet, Bâtard-Montrachet and Criots-Bâtard Montrachet.

Production municipalities: Chassagne-Montrachet and Remigny.

The Chardonnay comes in gold lamé. It has a distinctive colour with green highlights. Aromas of hawthorn, acacia and honeysuckle mingle with verbena and hazelnut. The flint reminds us of the deep minerality of a wine that is sometimes toasted and spontaneously buttery fresh. With age, it develops notes of honey and ripe pear. Curvaceous and often opulent, its attack is nicely lifted. On the palate, the fatness and mellowness are persistent.

With its vivid brilliance and purplish tints, Pinot Noir is full of colour. Morello cherry, cherry stone, wild strawberry, redcurrant and raspberry are the usual accents. A few animal and spicy notes complete the bouquet. Full-bodied on the palate. Beneath the delicious flesh, the tannins are a little austere in their youth, but as they mature they give way to a concentrated, flavoursome structure of exciting complexity.

At an altitude of between 220 and 325 metres, the terroirs consist of the following, starting at the summit: steep Rauracian slopes, a Callovian slope with Argovian marl, and Bathonian limestone. Depending on the Climats (localities with particular qualities), the soils are chalky and stony, marly or sandier (Jurassic strata).

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