Appellations
Village · Côte de Beaune
Chassagne-Montrachet
red and white · 300
Broader than Puligny, and still making a substantial quantity of red nobody wants.
Under the vines
Heavier soils than Puligny, with a warmer southern exposure in places.
In the glass
White: broad and nutty with good acidity. Red: firm, earthy and thoroughly unfashionable.
Why it sits here
Made more red than white until the mid-twentieth century. The reds are among the last cheap premiers crus in the Côte de Beaune.
Commonly misread
That all Chassagne is white. Several growers bottle the same premier cru in both colours.
Names worth knowing
Ramonet, Blain-Gagnard, Vincent Dancer, Jean-Noël Gagnard