Chassagne-Montrachet
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted poultry, creamy mushroom risotto, grilled sea bass
✨ Technical Specifications
Domaine Jean-Marc Pillot's white wines represent the pinnacle of classic Côte de Beaune Chardonnay, showcasing a brilliant harmony between rich texture and electric minerality. Drawing from a deep well of family tradition in Chassagne-Montrachet that began in 1910, Jean-Marc and his son Antonin craft whites that are celebrated for their purity and structural integrity. The wines are fermented and aged in oak barrels with a meticulous approach to lees contact, avoiding excessive battonage to preserve the natural tension and freshness of the fruit. This respectful handling of the clay-limestone terroir yields whites characterized by vibrant citrus, white flowers, and a distinct flinty reduction that evolves beautifully over time, capturing the true essence of Burgundy's legendary soils.
🍾 About the Producer
Tracing its viticultural heritage to Jean-Baptiste Pillot in 1910, Domaine Jean-Marc Pillot is anchored in the revered limestone-clay soils of Chassagne-Montrachet. Jean-Marc took the helm in 1991, shifting away from selling fruit to négociants toward crafting expressive, domaine-bottled wines, joined in recent years by his son Antonin. Today encompassing approximately 12 to 15 hectares across Chassagne, Puligny-Montrachet, Meursault, and Santenay, the estate practices organic vineyard cultivation with rigorous soil plowing, yield control, and hand harvesting. Whites are pneumatically pressed as whole clusters, fermented with native yeasts, and matured on fine lees for 12 months in French oak barrels (around 30% new) before spending six months settling in stainless steel. The estate notably maintains an unusually strong commitment to red Chassagne-Montrachet alongside pristine Premier Cru whites, headlined by the benchmark, centenarian-vine Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru Les Vergers 'Clos Saint Marc'.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
12.5-13.5