Au Pied du Mont Chauve - Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jean 2017

Key words: Minerality / Length / For keeping 

The wine: Clos Saint-Jean is part of the flagship of the Premiers Crus of the Chassagne-Montrachet appellation. On this sublime terroir, the Au Pied du Mont Chauve estate offers us here a very intense wine with incredible length. The excellent maturity of the harvested grapes gives this cuvée a powerful and complex palate evolving on citrus fruits while the careful aging in barrels gives it roundness and deliciousness. A great mineral structure also runs through this cuvée and is found particularly in the finish. It is the latter which will allow this very great Chardonnay to pass the years brilliantly. One of the most beautiful references in Chassagne, for sure!

Capacity: 75cl

Type: White wine

Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay

AOC: Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru

Drinking and storing: Drink now and keep until 2032

Service temperature: 11-13°C

The estate: Winegrowers since 1951, the Picard family is an important family within the Burgundy wine world. At the head of 4 estates, the latter owns 140 hectares in the region. Created at the end of the 2000s, Au Pied du Mont Chauve is the latest addition to the family and the brilliant idea of ​​Francine Picard. The latter succeeded her father Michel in 2007 and therefore took over management of all the family estates. The farm covers 35 hectares located in the most beautiful appellations of the Côte de Beaune: Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet, Saint-Aubin as well as several Grands Crus such as Corton-Bressandes or Corton-Charlemagne. The vines have been cultivated biodynamically for several years although no official certification is affixed to the bottles. The vinifications are carried out with the aim of bringing out the uniqueness of each climate and the great mastery of the breeding sublimes their originality. Despite the young age of the estate, the long family experience has very quickly propelled the wines produced to the heights and critics unanimously praise the work of this magnificent estate.