CHASSAGNE MONTRACHET
2013 1er Cru Morgeot Domaine Henri Germain
| Grapes | Chardonnay |
| Colour | White |
| Origin | France, Burgundy |
| District | C么te d'Or |
| Sub-district | C么te de Beaune |
| Village | Chassagne Montrachet |
| Classification | 1er Cru |
| ABV | 13% |
| Vineyard | Morgeot |
All the crystalline purity one expects here, with more weight and seriousness that the village wines, also as expected. Lovely weight, clearly more development to come, it is still tightly wound and very long. Drinking range: 2017 - 2023 L&S (Nov 2014)
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Once again there is a whisper of the exotic to the petrol, rosemary resin and dried yellow orchard fruit aromas. There is fine volume and mid-palate density to the delicious, intense and tautly muscular middle weight flavors that exhibit good power on the lingering, palate coating and notably dry but not really austere finale. As is usually the case this is a Morgeot of relative refinement. 2019+ Rating: 89-91 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jun 2015)
Scented and herbal nose. Dense and really quite exciting. Amazing ripeness for the vintage. Drink 2017-2025 Drinking range: 2017 - 2025 Rating: 17 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2015)
Rating: 95 Tim Atkin MW, www.timatkin.com (Jan 2015)
Domaine Henri Germain
Jean-Fran莽ois Germain was joined in 2018 by his daughter Lucie - who is now helping to run this small (7ha) domaine.
The Chassagne vineyards came through his mother, a Pillot, and Jean-Fran莽ois is married to Fran莽ois Jobard's daughter, so they are quite intertwined with some of our other producers. The Poruzots comes from the rows next to Remi Jobard's. In terms of winemaking the Germains are always happy to let nature take its course, and in the vineyards they follow as natural a system of viticulture as possible (organic, not certified).
These are concentrated, tightly wound wines from one of Burgundy's coldest cellars. Alcoholic fermentations can take months and the malolactics are often late, so they have always gone for long 茅levage in old barrels, always for two winters, and the Premiers Crus usually for 22 months. Slow to develop, they show wonderful crystalline purity. New wood is used very sparingly, just to replace barrels sold when they get to ten years old.
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