Blain-Gagnard Chassagne-Montrachet Blanc

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Wine Description

Domaine Blain-Gagnard was formed in 1980 when Jean-Marc Blain married Claudine Gagnard, youngest daughter of Jacques and Marie-Josèphe Gagnard of Domaine Gagnard-Delagrange. The couple runs this venerable domaine with the help of their son Marc-Antonin. They now control 20.5 acres of vines in Chassagne-Montrachet, including holdings in three grands crus: Le Montrachet, Bâtard-Montrachet, and Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet.

Chassagne-Montrachet lies towards the southern end of the Côte de Beaune and is famous for its white wines, although half of its total plantings are in red. In addition to the Grand Crus, Blain-Gagnard’s holdings in Chassagne-Montrachet include two red premier crus and four white premier crus along with small holdings in Volnay and Pommard. The vineyards are farmed by lutte raisonée (“reasoned struggle”).

Blain-Gagnard produces classic Chassagne-Montrachet from vines planted between 1932 and 2004. The wine is aged in 10-20% new Burgundian pièce.

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Acclaim
“La luxe. This wine is perfectly charming, but it must be said that it is fatter and richer than its stablemates. The texture is dense and ripe; it lacks a bit of the finesse of the other wines in the cellar, yet it is impressive all the same, with a ripe apple fruit and notes of hazelnut and almost an edge of honey.”
— Decanter, Jan 2022
“A subtle note of petrol can be found on the super-fresh aromas of mostly white orchard fruit and resin. There is fine density and plenty of punch to the delicious middle weight flavors that are supported by a moderately firm grapefruit-tinged acid spine on the moderately rustic finale.”
— Burghound, Jul 2022
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Winemaking & Aging
Varietal composition:
100% Chardonnay
Type of aging container:
Barrels
Type of oak:
French
Total SO2
84
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.11
Acidity:
6.3 g/L
Alcohol:
13.3 %
Dry extract:
20.6 g/L
Total SO2
84
Residual sugar:
1.3 g/L
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