CHASSAGNE MONTRACHET
Localization : Côte
de Beaune
Total vineyard area : 350.40 ha. of which 159 ha. Premier
Cru and 11.4 ha. Grand Cru
Varieties and types of wine :
pinot noir for the red wines
chardonnay for the
white wines
Classification : Villages, Premier Cru, Grand Cru
Premier Cru "Climats"
:
Clos Saint Jean
Cailleret
Les Chaumées
Les Vergers
Le Chenevottes
Les Macherelles
En Remilly
Dent de Chien
Vide Bourse
Blanchot-Dessus |
La Maltroie
Les Brussonnes
Morgeot
Abbaye de Morgeot
Bois de Chassagne
La Grande Montagne
La Boudriotte
Les Champs Gains
Tonton Marcel |
Grand Cru " Climats " :
Montrachet
Bâtard Montrachet
Criots Bâtard Montrachet
Just as Puligny, the Village of Chassagne was given the name
of the Montrachet Grand Cru in 1879. Archaeological discoveries
have proved that the origins of the Village go back to Celtic
times. The origin of the word "Chassagne" came either
from a chestnut grove in Gallo-Roman times, or from the word
"Cassina" meaning the country home of a certain
Cassius.
Previously planted with Pinot Noir, the vineyards in Chassagne
are now increasingly planted with Chardonnay, some of the
land having proved more favourable for the production of white
wine, being chalky-clay. The white wines are usually full
bodied and powerful but pleasantly round. On the palate they
often develop aromas of flowers and fruit (apple, for example),
with exemplary aromatic persistence..
The Pinot Noir, usually planted on Bathonian chalk and marl are
often robust, deep in colour with intense aromas of cherry,
kirsch and notes of blackcurrant.
Photographic
credit :
Dominique Pernin
