Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted chicken, grilled seafood, creamy goat cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
While Domaine Geantet-Pansiot is legendary for its muscular, deeply colored Gevrey-Chambertin reds, their white wine production represents a rare and delightful counterpoint. Sourced from carefully tended parcels of Chardonnay in the Côte de Nuits, this Blanc showcases the same meticulous standards the domaine applies to its Grand Crus. The family employs a strict sorting process, ensuring only pristine golden berries are pressed. Vinified with minimal intervention to preserve the natural tension and mineral energy of the clay-limestone soils, the wine undergoes aging in oak barrels to develop a subtle texture and complexity. It is a testament to the family's versatility, offering a vibrant, pure expression of Burgundian Chardonnay that balances bright orchard fruit with a refined, stony finish.
🍾 About the Producer
Domaine Geantet-Pansiot was founded in 1954 through the marriage of Edmond Geantet and Bernadette Pansiot, beginning with a modest three hectares of vines in Gevrey-Chambertin. Vincent Geantet entered the family estate in 1977, followed by his son Fabien in 2006, expanding their footprint across premier Côte de Nuits climats, including Gevrey-Chambertin, Chambolle-Musigny, Marsannay, and the Grand Cru Charmes-Chambertin. The vineyards thrive on limestone-clay soils managed strictly under lutte raisonnée, eschewing chemical herbicides and synthetic fertilizers in favor of routine plowing. Viticultural precision extends to harvest, where fruit undergoes meticulous multi-stage sorting down to whole intact berries, termed 'caviar.' Cellar techniques feature complete destemming, an extensive ten-day cold pre-fermentation maceration, indigenous yeast fermentation, and maturation in approximately 30 to 40 percent new French oak without preliminary racking. The house style yields deep, concentrated, and structured Pinots Noir, highlighted by benchmarks like Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru Le Poissenot, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru, and the distinctive Gevrey-Chambertin En Champ.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
12.5-13%