Domaine BLAIN-GAGNARD

Wines

White Burgundy

Chassagne-Montrachet

Chassagne-Montrachet “Clos St Jean” Blanc

Chassagne-Montrachet “Boudriotte”

Chassagne-Montrachet “Caillerets”

Batard-Montrachet

Puligny-Montrachet

Chassagne-Montrachet “Morgeot”

Criots-Batard-Montrachet

Le Montrachet

Red Burgundy

Chassagne-Montrachet “Clos St Jean” Rouge

Volnay “Champans”

Volnay “Pitures”


Product Description

This is one of the finest white Burgundy estates, where the wine-making involves minimal interventions. It is run by Jean-Marc Blain and his wife Claudine, the daughter of Jacques Gagnard-Delagrange. The family owns some of the village’s greatest hillsides. New oak barrels are never used to excess, being subtly spread amongst the different cuvées, so that spicy oakiness is never perceptible here. Blain is also prudent with stirring-up of the lees (known as bâtonnage) which, if used to excess, may result in heavy wines which taste mealy. Here, on the contrary, the finished wines have great purity of fruit, with balanced acidity and long, clean flavours which clearly evoke the wines’ precise origins.


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Additional Information

Country

France

Region

Burgundy

Appellation

Chassagne-Montrachet

Cru Level

Grand Cru, Village Cru

Producer

Jean-Marc Blain

Established

1980

Vineyard Size

8.71 ha

Wine category

Red Wine, White Wine

White Wine
- Use 15% to 30% new oak
- Battonage for all the whites
- Bottled after 14-16 months in cask
- Alliers oak

Red Wine
- Ages in cask for 18 months before bottling
- Use 15% to 30% new oak
- Alliers oak