The village of Chassagne Montrachet lies 1.5km south of Puligny-Montrachet. Between these villages lie the Grand Crus shared between Puligny and Chassagne-Montrachet and the valley that carves westward toward the village and vines of St Aubin. Chassagne-Montrachet consists of around 300ha of vines, split 80/20 Chardonnay to Pinot Noir, with around 120Ha of Premier cru vineyards (mainly, but not always for white wines), as well as part of both le Montrachet and Batard Grand Cru’s. However, whereas the village of Puligny-Montrachet sits amongst Bourgogne vines, with the better names on the outskirts, the village of Chassagne-Montrachet is slap-bang in AOC Chassagne vineyards itself.
Geologically, Chassagne is similar to Puligny-Montrachet. They share a common geographical fault line that slices between them, where the Grand Crus sit atop this minor scarp fault, and the soils are similar – brown limestone with the thinnest soils supporting the best wine of the Premier Cru and Grand Cru. Limestone is the bedrock of Chassagne-Montrachet, and names such as Caillerets and Combettes (Quarries) are signs of the importance of the local Nantoux limestone, that is a feature of the subsoil here. The major difference between Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet is that in some areas Chassagne has a slightly heavier soil, and the vines face a few degrees more to the south, thus the dry whites of Chassagne can be characterized (but not always) as a degree fuller, heavier and more honeyed with a touch less acid freshness.
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