Les Chaumees
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea scallops, roasted poultry in a creamy wild mushroom sauce, or grilled lobster with drawn butter.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the esteemed Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru vineyard 'Les Chaumées', this white Burgundy is a masterclass in mineral tension and elegance. The name 'Les Chaumées' historically refers to the wild, fallow land or stubble fields ('chaumes') where communal herds once grazed before the slopes were dedicated entirely to the vine. Situated high on the slope near the ancient limestone quarries, the vineyard's thin, stony soils over hard limestone bedrock force the Chardonnay roots deep, imparting a signature flinty minerality and vibrant acidity. Marchand-Tawse crafts this wine using organic and biodynamic principles, fermenting with indigenous yeasts and aging in French oak barrels. The result is a beautifully structured Chardonnay that balances rich stone fruit, white flowers, and toasted hazelnut with a crystalline, saline finish.
🍾 About the Producer
Maison Marchand-Tawse was established in 2011 through the partnership of legendary Quebecois vigneron Pascal Marchand and Canadian entrepreneur and winery owner Moray Tawse. Based in Nuits-Saint-Georges, the enterprise operates both as a boutique micro-négociant and a domaine estate, having expanded significantly with the acquisition of the historic Domaine Maume in Gevrey-Chambertin in 2012. Marchand, an early vanguard of biodynamic and organic viticulture in Burgundy during his tenures at Comte Armand and Domaine de la Vougeraie, collaborates closely with resident winemaker Mark Fincham. Together, they farm their estate plots organically and biodynamically, while sourcing rigorously from partner growers across premier and grand cru sites in the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune. In the cellar, vinification emphasizes ambient yeasts, calculated whole-cluster inclusions, restrained extraction, and sensible oak élevage to safeguard fruit transparency and energetic mineral tension. Benchmark cuvées include their Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru, Musigny Grand Cru, and terroir-expressive Premier Crus from Gevrey-Chambertin, Vosne-Romanée, and Puligny-Montrachet.
🍇 Grapes
100% Chardonnay