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2009 Domaine Michel Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet Les Champgains

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April 9, 2023 - $76

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RATINGS

91Wine Spectator

A rich, concentrated white, delivering apple, butterscotch and spice flavors buried in the dense texture and powerful structure. This unwinds a bit on the lingering finish, but needs time.

91Burghound.com

... offers up notes of pear, citrus and dried rose petal and also displays a background note of resin. There is ample flesh and body to the middle weight flavors that exude dry extract that buffers the otherwise moderately firm acidity...

87-90Stephen Tanzer

High-pitched aromas of flowers, mint and menthol, plus a whiff of wet stone... Then round, dense and sweet on the palate but with a pronounced stony quality to its concentrated pear and mirabelle flavors.

REGION

France, Burgundy, Côte d'Or, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet, Les Champs Gains

Les Champs Gains is an 11-acre Premier Cru vineyard in Chassagne-Montrachet in Burgundy’s Cote de Beaune. It is one of 51 Premier Crus in the appellation and it lies between 250 and 300 meters. The vineyard faces southeast. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that “Chassagne-Montrachet is a treasure trove for outstanding Premier Cru vineyards. In fact, certain Premiers Crus…often achieve Grand Cru status in quality if not in name.”

TYPE

White Wine, Chardonnay, 1er (Premier) Cru

This white variety originated in Burgundy, but is now grown around the world. Its flexibility to thrive in many regions translates to wide flavor profile in the market. Chardonnay is commonly used in making Champagne and sparkling wines.