Collection: Chassagne-Montrachet

Chassagne-Montrachet is among the classic wine names of Bourgogne, and it is a village appellation in Côte de Beaune covering the communes of Chassagne-Montrachet and Remigny. The appellation was created in 1937, and although the commune predominantly made red wine right up until the 1980s, today it is Chardonnay, and thus the white wine, that dominates. Red wine is still made from Pinot Noir, but the majority is white.

The white wines are full-bodied and mineral, with notes of white fruit and hazelnut. It is a style where elegance and depth meet without one taking over, and where the minerality gives the wines both precision and structure. For anyone who wants to understand what Burgundian Chardonnay can do, Chassagne-Montrachet is a good place to get to know the style.

It is worth remembering that the commune's famous Grand Cru sites, among them Montrachet and Bâtard-Montrachet, are independent appellations and therefore not part of the village wine from Chassagne-Montrachet. When you buy a Chassagne-Montrachet, you get precisely the village's own appellation and the expression it stands for.

At the table the style thrives in the company of fish, shellfish and lighter dishes, where the wine's freshness and body have room to play alongside the food rather than drown it out. A young bottle can certainly be enjoyed straight away, but there is often something to gain by giving the wine a little rest in the cellar, so the fruit settles and the complexity unfolds.

At Copenhagen Wine we carry a selection of wines from here, all rooted in this single appellation in the heart of Frankrig. It is an appellation where grape variety and terroir point in the same direction, and where you encounter Burgundian Chardonnay in one of its most familiar forms.