This wine is the Chardonnay grape dressed in glittering gold! It boasts firm coloration with green highlights. Aromas of mayflower, acacia, and honeysuckle blend with verbena and hazelnut and in some cases toast or fresh butter. This wine boasts a profound minerality (flint). Age brings in notes of honey or ripe pear. Rounded and often opulent, its attack is instantaneous. On the palate, fleshiness is matched by mellowness, and both are equally persistent.

Variety : Chardonnay

Color : White

Appelation : Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chaumées

Maturation : Between 7-15 years

Serving suggestions : Its opulence and power make it an ideal partner for delicate fine white meats such as poultry or veal in sauce. Fish, either in well-spiced couscous or in Asian dishes such as curries or stir-fries, are also well-suited. Salmon, in itself highly aromatic, harmonizes particularly well. The Premiers Crus will readily complement crawfish, lobster, or even fattened goose liver (foie gras).

Vinification : After pressing, the juice is cooled to 10°C and allowed to settle for 24 hours. The must is then put in small oak barrels – of which 25% are new -- by gravity for a slow, low-temperature fermentation. The lies are stirred every 10 days or so until the secondary (malolactic) fermentation is completed. The wine is matured for 18-20 months, then carefully racked off and assembled for bottling unfined and unfiltered.