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CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 2023

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2023

Grape variety

100% Chardonnay.

Tasting notes

Colour: Beautiful pale gold, limpid and shiny with emerald reflections.
Nose: The nose is fine, elegant, refined, floral (white flowers) and fruity (pear) with some notes of fresh almonds and hazelnuts.
Palate: The palate is pure, with acidity well integrated and a nice roundness. The flavours are both floral and fruity, and delicately woody. This wine will know how to assert itself with age. Very promising!

Wine and food pairing

This wine is perfect served with poached turbot and beurre blanc, Bresse chicken with a cream sauce, eel, smoked salmon, trout with almonds, shellfish and veal sweetbreads. It is also an ideal match for Japanese mochi. Try it with foie gras or, for an original flavour combination, duck à l’orange.

Serving temperature

Serve ideally at a temperature of around 14°C. (55°F.).

Ageing potential

This great white Burgundy can be kept in the cellar up to 10 years.

Origin

The prestigious village of Chassagne-Montrachet is the southernmost village in the Côte de Beaune and the great white wines of Burgundy. This appellation is bordered to the south by Santenay and to the north by Puligny-Montrachet, producing both white and red wines.

Chassagne-Montrachet shares the Montrachet appellation, the Prince of white crus, with Puligny-Montrachet. An average of 8,000 hectolitres of Chardonnay is harvested every year.

Alternating calcareous, pebbly, marly and sandy soils. South-east facing, on gentle slopes, at an altitude between 220 and 330m.

Vinification and maturing

The grapes are hand harvested, sorted and pressed. A cold settling for 48 hours at 8°C. (41°F.) has been realised. Then the juice was put into new oak barrels for 30%, one-year-old barrels for 40% and two-year-old barrels for 30% for both alcoholic and malolactic fermentations and aged for 12 months without stirring the lees.

Vintage : 2023

The ideal weather conditions in Burgundy in 2023, characterised by a favourable spring, a hot summer with cool nights, moderate rainfall and an early autumn harvest, played a key role in the high yields and exceptional quality of the grapes at harvest time.

The white wines are distinguished by their elegance, complexity and liveliness. Subtle aromas of white fruit, citrus and floral notes add to their remarkable freshness.

The red wines are powerful and well-balanced, with aromas of red and black fruit, as well as spicy and mineral nuances. The silky tannins add an elegant structure, promising harmonious ageing.

In short, these are expressive, fruity wines with very fine aromatic profiles.