2021 Domaine Blain Gagnard Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru "La Boudriotte" Blanc, Burgundy, FranceABOUT THIS WINE Chassagne Montrachet La Boudriotte 1er Cru is located on the grounds of the Morgeot Abbey and is technically a subsection of Morgeot. Boudriotte itself is made up of six individual lieux dits, all of which may also be bottled as Morgeot 1er Cru. The vineyard lies on a gentle slope of gravel, clay, and limestone, from vines planted between 1932 and 1969. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER Domaine Blain Gagnard was formed in 1980 when Jean Marc Blain

The select La Migoua cuvée expresses all the specificity of this 11-hectare site

Romain’s great-grandfather began purchasing vineyard sites in the area before WWI

who had begun buying Hirsch's Pinot Noir fruit for his winery Williams Selyem

Aged for 3 years in bottle

especially Zweigelt and Blaufränkisch

when there is still some residual sugar

which was then “Castela de la Pieve”

A fresh and complex wine with the finest bubbles

and Avenay val d'Or

all of them located in Santiago del Teide

The marl here—a layer of decomposed limestone mixed with clay—pre-dates the limestone that dominates Burgundy’s Cote d’Or

Aging in demi-muids for 24 to 30 months then mass assembly one month before bottling by gravity without filtration