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Jean-Marc Pillot Chassagne-Montrachet 2022

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The village Chassagne-Montrachet Blanc, which historically stated the lieu dit 'Les Masures', will no longer carry that lieu dit starting with the 2021 vintage. This was a decision by Antonin Pillot (Jean-Marc's son), who prefers a blend wine from the estate’s seven Chassagne parcels--which he says add acidity and concentration--versus the character of the Masures-only version. This is a classically rendered Chassagne-Montrachet, one which deftly balances rich, mouth-filling fruit with a powerful mineral thrust, and it carries a bright acidity in the finish which gives it length and breed.

Pillot owns half a hectare of Chardonnay in this well-positioned lieu-dit, which sits just below premier cru Champs-Gains on the slope. One third of his vines here were planted in 1950, one-third in 1990, and one-third in 2010. This is a classically rendered Chassagne-Montrachet, one which deftly balances rich, mouth-filling fruit with a powerful mineral thrust, and it carries a bright acidity in the finish which gives it length and breed.

Jean-Marc Pillot is the fourth generation of his branch of the Pillot family to tend vineyards in Chassagne Montrachet. He joined his father, Jean, in 1985 to learn the craft of “vigneron”. After six years of working side-by-side, Jean-Marc assumed the direction of the domaine in 1991 with the assistance of his wife,

 

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