Awards, Ratings & Reviews
92/100 — Gilbert & Gaillard · 2022 Vintage · Tasted: Jan 2024
« Robe brillante, jaune d'or pâle. Nez engageant conjuguant fruits blancs, tilleul, accent minéral, chêne en arrière-plan. Belle bouche mûre et ample portée par une solide fraîcheur. Délicieuse intensité noble et persistante, tout est en place. Patience. »
91/100 — Decanter World Wine Awards · 2022 Vintage · Tasted: Jan 2024
TASTEVINAGE — Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin · 2024
About This Wine
Vines from Domaine du Château de Chassagne-Montrachet on clay-limestone soil.
100% Chardonnay from the AOC Chassagne-Montrachet Village appellation.
Hand-picked grapes are harvested in crates of up to 30 kg. Whole bunches are pressed in a pneumatic press before cold settling and gravity filling within 24 hours.
Alcoholic fermentation takes place entirely in barrels using indigenous yeasts.
The wine is aged in French oak barrels for 10 months with 20% new barrels and regular stirring of the lees.
Annual production is 3,000 bottles with an ageing potential of about 10 years.
About the Producer
The Bader-Mimeur family owns and runs 98% of the historical vineyard of Domaine du Château de Chassagne-Montrachet, just over 5 hectares along with 3 hectares outside the singular Chateau de Chassagne Montrachet plot, including Lieu Dit’s of En Journoblot & Les Houilleres.
Since the 17th century the Bader-Mimeur family have owned and managed vines in and around the village of Chassagne. The Bader family owned vines in Chassagne whilst the Mimeur family were based in Maranges. Charles became owner of Chateau de Chassagne Montrachet in 1919. When Elise married Charles Bader the following year the Domaine Bader-Mimeur was born.
In 2017, Nathalie Bernard and Sébastien Fossier, sister and brother, took over the estate after their parents and now run the 8-hectare estate together in the vineyard and cellar.
Specifications
- Vintage: 2022
- Grape Variety: 100% Chardonnay
- Region: Chassagne-Montrachet / Côte de Beaune / Burgundy / France
- Classification: AOC Chassagne-Montrachet - Village
- Fermentation: Alcoholic fermentation in barrels using indigenous yeasts
- Maturation: French oak barrels for 10 months (20% new barrels) with regular lees stirring
- Production Attributes: Sustainable culture, no herbicides; partial grassing with mechanical working of the soil; High Environmental Value Level 3 certification
- Vineyard / Geo Info: Domaine du Château de Chassagne-Montrachet; clay-limestone soil
- Alcohol: 13.1%
