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Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru 'Les Caillerets', Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard, 2024

Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru 'Les Caillerets', Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard, 2024

Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard | Burgundy, France
92-94/100Neal Martin, Vinous 94/100Christy Canterbury MW, Tim Atkin
£516.00
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"Highly mineral and green-tinged aromatics. Stone fruit, flint and a finely prickly texture, with restraint rather than overt generosity. Serious and structured."
Ksenia Pashkova, Club Merchandiser

Fontaine-Gagnard is one of Chassagne’s great traditionalists, quietly producing some of the appellation’s most complete and age-worthy wines. Farming is resolutely old-school rather than dogmatic, with a focus on balance, density and longevity over fashion. In 2024, that restraint mattered.

The vintage was hard work. High mildew pressure, early harvest beginning on 22 August, and naturally low yields around 35 hl/ha for whites and 30 for reds. A hot August pushed ripeness quickly, but September brought dilution and freshness back into play, finishing around pH 3.3–3.4. The result is a vintage of crunchy acidity, dense fruit and classical proportions, more ripe than 2013, closer in spirit to 2010, though Burgundy has changed too much for lazy comparisons. Oak remains measured at around 20% for village wines and 30% for premiers and grands crus.

Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard is one of Tim Atkin's Top 10 Côte de Beaune White Wine Producers.

What the critics say:

92-94/100Neal Martin, Vinous

"The 2024 Chassagne-Montrachet Les Caillerets 1er Cru was taken from tank after 11 months in barrel with one-third new oak. This has impressive presence on the nose with lemon curd, hazelnut and crushed stone notes. The palate is lively on the entry with a keen thread of acidity that maintains tension throughout. Nicely focused, this feels reassuringly elegant on the finish with impressive persistence. As good as the 2023, possibly better."

94/100Christy Canterbury MW, Tim Atkin

"Pretty, smoky uplift denotes some reduction on the nose. The palate is replete with sweet yellow plums and currants accented by ginger, leesiness and fresh cream. The finish seems to go on forever. The domaine owns two 60-year-old parcels here in Chassagne’s largest— and arguably one of its best—Premier Crus."

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Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard

Founded in 1985, this family domaine has grown steadily and now encompasses 12 hectares of meticulously tended vineyards. While their roots lie primarily in Chassagne-Montrachet, they also nurture precious plots in Volnay and Pommard. Today, Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard is in the capable hands of Céline Fontaine, who carries forward the family's winemaking tradition.

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