Chassagne Montrachet

Overview

Historically, the vineyards of Chassagne-Montrachet were planted with Pinot Noir. Today, red Chassagne take up around 40% of the village production, but the major focus here is on world-class white wines from the Chardonnay grape. Chassagne is, with 370 hectares, one of the largest communes of the Cote d’Or; this is smaller than neighbouring Meursault, but significantly larger than Puligny-Montrachet. Premier Cru vineyards cover 159 hectares and Grand Cru vineyards 11.40 hectares. The soil, as in other top Burgundy villages, is rich in limestone of Bathonian origin.

Classification

At the north end of the Chassagne-Montrachet village it borders the Puligny-Montrachet village and these two adjoining appellations share two Grand Cru vineyards of the highest quality (and price): Le Montrachet/Montrachet (note that on the Puligny side, the vineyard is named ‘Montrachet’ whereas on the Chassagne side it is named ‘Le Montrachet’) and Batard-Montrachet.

The Bienvenue-Batard-Montrachet and Chevalier-Montrachet vineyards sit wholly within Puligny-Montrachet appellation, while the Criots-Batard-Montrachet vineyard sits wholly within the Chassagne-Montrachet appellation. Some producers have holdings in both Puligny and Chassagne.  

Chassagne-Montrachet is the home to some of the finest Chardonnay vineyards in the world at both Grand Cru and Premier Cru levels. The Grand Crus tend to speak for themselves as does many of the Premier Crus.

Vineyards

Within each sub region or appellation are a number of individual vineyards, we offer the following from Chassagne-Montrachet:

• Criots-Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru
• Cailleret Premier Cru
• Les Chenevottes Premier Cru
• Les Rochettes Premier Cru
• Morgeot Premier Cru

Key Producers

We offer some of the great Chassagne Montrachet from the following producers: Just click on any of the links below to find them:

- Vincent Dancer
- Joseph Drouhin
- Louis Latour
- Caroline Morey
- Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey
- Domaine Ramonet
- Domaine Jean-Marc Pillot