Clos du Cailleret
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea scallops, roasted veal sweetbreads, poultry in a creamy chanterelle mushroom sauce
✨ Technical Specifications
The Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru 'Clos du Cailleret' is one of the crown jewels of the Jean-Claude Ramonet estate. The vineyard's name 'Cailleret' refers to the 'cailloux' (pebbles) that dominate this stony, limestone-rich terroir, forcing the vines to dig deep for nutrients. This exceptional plot yields a Chardonnay of breathtaking mineral intensity and structural elegance. Under the stewardship of the Ramonet family, the grapes are hand-harvested and traditionally vinified, undergoing fermentation and aging in French oak barrels. The resulting wine is celebrated for its brilliant tension, weaving together rich stone fruit, white blossoms, and a distinctive flinty reduction. It is a masterclass in Burgundy's ability to balance power with laser-like precision, carrying a legacy of artisanal dedication that began when Pierre Ramonet first tilled these soils in the late 1920s.
🍾 About the Producer
Established officially in 1930 by patriarch Pierre Ramonet, Domaine Ramonet stands as one of the Côte de Beaune's most revered viticultural benchmark estates. Beginning from humble parcels in Les Grandes Ruchottes purchased in 1934, the domaine expanded its historical holdings across iconic Jurassic limestone and clay marl terroirs in Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet, famously acquiring a prized sliver of Grand Cru Le Montrachet in 1978. Now steered by third-generation vigneron Jean-Claude Ramonet alongside his family, the estate cultivates approximately 17 hectares under sustainable, lutte raisonnée practices with rigorous yield limitation and soil plowing. In the cellar, low-intervention vinification emphasizes gentle pneumatic pressing, native yeast fermentation with minimal racking, and measured oak maturation. Renowned for Chardonnays of astonishing concentration, signature spearmint freshness, and profound mineral tension, Ramonet's benchmark portfolio spans Premier Crus like Clos du Cailleret and Ruchottes, legendary Grand Crus Montrachet and Bâtard-Montrachet, as well as deeply expressive Pinot Noirs such as Clos de la Boudriotte.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
13-13.5%