Top 100 white wines of Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru

Discover the top 100 best white wines of Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru of Côte de Beaune as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the white wines that are popular of Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru

The wine region of Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru is located in the region of Chassagne-Montrachet of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Joseph Drouhin or the Domaine Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru are Chardonnay et Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru often reveals types of flavors of tropical, rhubarb or floral and sometimes also flavors of melon, mango or yeast.

In the mouth of Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 65 estates and châteaux in the of Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru, producing 141 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru

white wines from the region of Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of chicken and mushroom risotto, mackerel fillets (quick bake) or natural breton lobster.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru

On the nose in the region of Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru often reveals types of flavors of tropical, saline or banana and sometimes also flavors of salt, chalk or lemon zest. In the mouth in the region of Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru is a powerful with a nice freshness.

News from the vineyard of Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru

A groundbreaking Dram

Ardbeg single malt whisky, based on the southern shores of Scotland’s island of Islay, has recently unveiled Fon Fhòid: the latest in a number of highly unusual experiments. Back in 2014, the distillery team lead by whisky creator, Dr Bill Lumsden and former distillery manager, Mickey Heads (now retired) took the highly unusual approach of burying two already matured casks of Ardbeg underneath the peat bogs themselves, (burning peat smoke is normally used to dry the malted barley during producti ...

Miniature bottles of single malt Scotch reach record sums

The 5cl miniature bottles of Springbank 1919 50 Year Old and Malt Mill 10 Year Old were sold this month for £7,360 ($8,871/ €8,659) and £6,670 ($8,039/ €7,848) respectively by online auction house Whisky.Auction – record sums for both distilleries. Another miniature of Springbank 1919 sold at auction in August 2021 for £6,440, while a miniature of Malt Mill fetched £3,400 when it was sold by Scotch Whisky Auctions in February 2018. The record sum for any whisky miniature at auction is believed t ...

Bordeaux 2021 en primeur set for lower demand

More than 71% of international merchants said they anticipated less demand for Bordeaux 2021 en primeur wines, in volume terms, versus the 2020 vintage released last year, said Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade. Barrel sample tastings at the end of April indicated that several châteaux have still made very good wines in the 2021 vintage and that there is plenty to enjoy if you know where to look, despite myriad weather-related challenges in the growing season. Yet more than half of Liv- ...