Burgundy

Chassagne-Montrachet Blanc

Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard

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Type

White Wine

Appellation

Chassagne-Montrachet

Variety

Chardonnay

Fontaine-Gagnard makes pitch-perfect wines from Chassagne that show exactly why this terroir is so famous around the world. The 6 plots are spread over the entire appellation. Their assembly offers a fatty, fruity wine, complex at the end.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

En Journoblot, LaBergerie, Les VoillenotsDessus, Voillenot Dessous,Masures, Les Essarts, PotBois

Soil type

Brown clay-limestone

Vine agePlanted between 1960 and 1989

Vineyard size1,68 ha

PruningGuyot

ExpositionSoutheast

Altitude220-325m

Vinification

Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in barrels during 10-15 days, 100% native yeasts.

Elevage11 months in barrels

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringFined (casein and bentonite) and slightly filtered before bottling

More about
the producer

Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard

Founded in 1985

12 hectares

If terroir is key in Burgundy, the Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard is ready to unlock every door in Chassagne-Montrachet. In their hometown alone, the domaine produces wine from three Grand Crus and twelve different premier crus, including such mythic parcels as Le Montrachet, Les Caillerets, and La Romanée. Since 2007, the domaine has been ably guided by Céline Fontaine, who combines a youthful energy and touch with the Burgundian tradition established by her parents, and crafts archetypal examples of some of the greatest climats in the world.

The Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard was created in 1985 by Laurence Gagnard from the Gagnard family in Chassagne, and Richard Fontaine, who had served as an air force mechanic before establishing the new domaine with his wife. The original four...