2017 Chassagne Montrachet Les Chenevottes
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The 2017 Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chenevottes 1er Cru has a light nose featuring touches of orange pith, lemon zest and a sweet aroma – shaved almonds, perhaps. The palate is fresh on the entry, then quite citric and tensile. A steely Chassagne not a million miles away from a Puligny. Plenty of salinity on the finish urges you back for another sip. Good potential. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting in Savigny-lès-Beaune.
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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Precise green-apple fruit and attractive creamy character on the palate. Less textural than their Chaumées, but more concentrated fruit, with quite warm alcohol to finish – but nothing unbalanced. Complex nutty aromas on the finish – very good. (RH)
The 2017 Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru les Chenevottes reveals aromas of mandarin, honeycomb and spiced peaches, followed by a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and broad-shouldered palate, its generous attack contrasting with its stony, precise finish. Colin owns a sizable proportion of old vines in this premier cru and it's one of the definite successes in the range.