France · Burgundy · Cote de Beaune · Chassagne Montrachet White · Still · wine-wine · 1068560
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| Price / case | Vintage | Packing | Qty | Location |
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| 433.88 GBP | 2020 | 6 x 75cl | 1 | uk / United Kingdom |
| 625.36 GBP | 2021 | 6 x 75cl | 8 | uk / United Kingdom |
| 9154.20 HKD | 2022 | 12 x 75cl | 1 | hk / Hong Kong |
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| Vintage | Packing | Offers | Bids | Market price | WA rating |
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| 1999 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | 3 x 1.5L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 11716.80 | 92 |
| 2010 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 6679.20 | 93 |
| 2012 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 5425.68 | 91 |
| 2013 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 7522.32 | 89 |
| 2014 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 7228.68 | 91 |
| 2015 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 7410.12 | |
| 2015 | 6 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 3705.06 | |
| 2016 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 7140.96 | |
| 2017 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 7754.52 | |
| 2017 | 6 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 3877.26 | |
| 2018 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 6610.80 | |
| 2018 | 6 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 3305.40 | |
| 2019 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 9518.28 | |
| 2019 | 6 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 4759.14 | |
| 2020 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 8853.24 | |
| 2020 | 6 x 75cl | 1 | 0 | 4426.62 | |
| 2021 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 8742.48 | |
| 2021 | 6 x 75cl | 1 | 0 | 4371.24 | |
| 2022 | 12 x 75cl | 1 | 0 |
Rating: 92 –92
The 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet Clos Saint-Murées 1er Cru, one of the slowest ripening of the Domaine’s vineyards, has a fragrant bouquet with white peach and honeysuckle aromas, a touch of orange blossom. The palate is well balanced with a honeyed texture, slightly lower acidity than other cuvées, lightly spiced and beautifully defined towards the finish.
Rating: 89 –89
The 2013 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos des Murées, a monopole of the domaine, has a crisp, citrus peel and bruised apple-scented bouquet that needs just a little more vigor. The palate is much better with white peach and hints of mango on the entry, commendable weight in the mouth with a dab of spice enlivening the finish. Hopefully, those aromatics will gain vigor with bottle age, hence my optimism about this Chassagne that deserves a couple of years in bottle.
Rating: 93 –93
All of the best elements of the vintage and the Fontaine-Gagnard style come to life in the 2010 Chassagne-Montrachet Clos St. Jean Clos des Murees. At once rich yet weightless, the Clos St. Jean Clos des Murees impresses for its delineation and fabulous overall balance. Slate, white stone fruits, crushed rocks and flowers are some of the many notes that flow through the impeccable, refined finish. This is a great showing from Fontaine-Gagnard. Anticipated maturity: 2012+. I was deeply impressed with the wines I tasted at Fontaine-Gagnard. The 2010s are rich, deep and racy, but also show tremendous transparency with regards to site and have a little more polish than is customary. Celine Fontaine told me she was very surprised by the concentration of the wines given the poor weather during the summer, but that, ultimately, it was the small size of the berries that played a big role in giving the wines their personalities. The harvest started on September 21. All of the 2010s were bottled in August 2011. Although I did not taste any of the reds, Fontaine also told me a number of the estate’s Pinot vineyards were heavily affected by the December 2009 frost and required replanting. Importers: Polaner Selections, Mt. Kisco, NY; tel. (914) 244-0404, Jeffrey Wellburn Selections, Van Nuys, CA; tel. (818) 780-4446
Rating: 92 –92
The 2009 Chassagne-Montrachet Clos St. Jean-Clos des Murees is strikingly beautiful. It possesses the grace of a ballerina in its finely chiseled fruit and articulated aromatics. A clean vein of minerality gives the wine its energy, focus and sense of proportion. This is a brilliant 2009 that should drink nicely for a number of years. Anticipated maturity: 2013+. Richard Fontaine began harvesting the 2009s on September 6. The malos were fairly quick and were completed by April 2010. The wines were racked in June and bottled in early September. Perhaps it is inevitable with a total of ten different Chassagne premier crus in the lineup, but in this vintage not all of the wines are markedly different from each other. Importers: Polaner Selections, Mt. Kisco, NY; tel. (914) 244-0404, Jeffrey Wellburn Selections, Van Nuys, CA; tel. (818) 780-4446
Rating: 90 –90
From a site in the village of Chassagne that's a veritable heat trap comes the 2018 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos des Murées, a fleshy, enveloping, medium to full-bodied wine evocative of pear, white flowers, orange blossom and honeycomb. Céline Gagnard told me that her team couldn't work in this vineyard in the afternoon in 2018 and 2019 as it was simply too warm.
Rating: 91 –91
The 2014 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos des Murées, a monopole of the domaine from vines planted in the 1960s, has a gorgeous peachy, yellow flower-scented bouquet that is nicely defined. The palate is clean and nicely poised with fine mineralité, complex with subtle walnut and ginger notes towards the long finish. This is a beautiful Chassagne-Montrachet that will be difficult to resist in its youth, but has the substance to merit bottle age.
Rating: 91 –93
The 2015 Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Clos des Murées, a monopole of the domaine, is more austere on the nose than the other crus, though there is just a touch of anise developing with time that lends a soupçon of exoticism. The palate is medium-bodied with fine delineation. There is palpable energy here, fanning out gently with a spiciness developing on the finish. One of best wines that I have tasted from this vineyard, this comes highly recommended.
Rating: 93 –93
All of the best elements of the vintage and the Fontaine-Gagnard style come to life in the 2010 Chassagne-Montrachet Clos St. Jean Clos des Murees. At once rich yet weightless, the Clos St. Jean Clos des Murees impresses for its delineation and fabulous overall balance. Slate, white stone fruits, crushed rocks and flowers are some of the many notes that flow through the impeccable, refined finish. This is a great showing from Fontaine-Gagnard. Anticipated maturity: 2012+. I was deeply impressed with the wines I tasted at Fontaine-Gagnard. The 2010s are rich, deep and racy, but also show tremendous transparency with regards to site and have a little more polish than is customary. Celine Fontaine told me she was very surprised by the concentration of the wines given the poor weather during the summer, but that, ultimately, it was the small size of the berries that played a big role in giving the wines their personalities. The harvest started on September 21. All of the 2010s were bottled in August 2011. Although I did not taste any of the reds, Fontaine also told me a number of the estate’s Pinot vineyards were heavily affected by the December 2009 frost and required replanting. Importers: Polaner Selections, Mt. Kisco, NY; tel. (914) 244-0404, Jeffrey Wellburn Selections, Van Nuys, CA; tel. (818) 780-4446
Rating: 91 –91
The 2012 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos des Murees comes from the 0.34-hectares monopole tucked just below Clos Saint Jean that does not get the sun until later in the morning, but rapidly warms up in afternoons. It has a well-defined bouquet with effervescent orange zest and freshly tinned apricot. The palate is rounded and slightly honeyed on the entry. There is a crisp thread of acidity here, offering presence in the mouth with a pleasing persistent finish. Neutral at the moment, it will surely develop into a nuanced Chassagne-Montrachet. I’ve been smitten by the wines of this Chassagne producer ever since winemaker Celine Gagnard poured me a hauntingly beautiful Criots-Batard-Montrachet in London several years ago. Celine is one of those immediately likeable winemakers: an outgoing personality with an uncommon side order of self-deprecating humor, frankness and self-confessed chattiness. There is directness in her approach that is refreshing. It probably stems from her father Richard, an air force mechanic who upon meeting his wife Laurence Gagnard, dropped everything to study winemaking. Together they established their own domaine initially through rented parcels and debuted with the 1985 vintage. They now have an impressive portfolio as Laurence’s father Jacques Gagnard-Delagrange has handed down parcels so that they presently own an enviable trove of Chassagne premier crus. Celine did not dither in expounding her views upon organic winemaking, de rigueur amongst vignerons. She is adamant that the practice is leaving too many copper deposits in the vineyard. Good point – one rarely addressed. And whereas many winemakers are gently dialing down the level of new oak, here at Fontaine-Gagnard it is part of the intrinsic character of the wines, not that they showed excessive use. To this end, at Fontaine-Gagnard they venture into the forest to select their own wood that is dried in Richard’s garden for two years, governing the drying process so that they get exactly what they want. “We used more new oak this vintage on both whites and reds. The flowering was worse in Chassagne than in Volnay. On 17 May we suffered frost damage in higher terroirs. We believe we need to have the best healthy grapes at harvest time and for that we need products when the pressure is hard. After all, we live in a climate with a lot of rain. We have seen a high concentration of copper in organically farmed vineyards.” Here, the pickers picked up their secateurs on 19 September and put them down again on 24 September. Celine explained that there was little sorting to do because it had been done all in the vineyard, either naturally or through vineyard husbandry. As I mentioned, I am not one to pull my punches from overuse of new oak, but here at Fontaine-Gagnard, they have always had the knack of assimilating it into the wine so that it is barely noticeable. Broaching the whites first, we tasted through the complete range except for their single barrel Montrachet that had already been bottled, through Celine generously opened a 2011 that I left to one side because it was so closed. As I mentioned, there is a clutch of stupendous premier crus here, especially from the calcareous soils on the higher reaches of the slope such as “La Romanee” and “Cailleret”. The only downside is that they border the forest and wild boars have taken to nibbling some of the La Romanee berries. They don’t even leave a tasting note. Crowned by two superb grand crus, “Queen Criots” and “King Batard,” the whites overshadow their reds that tend to be more rustic and easy drinking, not substandard wines by any means, but rarely the main event. This brings me back to that Montrachet 2011 that was waiting patiently for its turn. A couple of hours later I return to my hotel and switch on my laptop. I discover the Word document open and ready for a note never written, the poured Montrachet snubbed by us both. Doh! Both Celine and I had been chewing the fat so much that I forgot it. I just hope she enjoyed the rest of the bottle that evening?assuming that she noticed herself. Importer: Polaner Selections, 19 North Moger Avenue, Mount Kisco, NY 10549Phone:(914) 244-0404 and through various UK merchants such as Berry Brothers & Rudd and OW Loeb.