Chevalier-Montrachet

The Chevalier-Montrachet appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) has been a Grand Cru appellation in the Côte de Beaune, in the Côte-d'Or, since 1937. On the label, the Grand Cru designation must appear immediately below the name of each of these appellations in identical font size. The Chevalier-Montrachet appellation covers exclusively the commune of Puligny-Montrachet.

In Montrachet, the soils are thin on hard limestone, crossed by a band of reddish marl. In Chevalier, the soils are thin and stony: light rendzinas formed on marl and marly limestone. The seven hectares of vineyards classified for Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru wine allow for only a limited production of around 300 hectoliters per year.

The Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru appellation produces exclusively white wines, which are made from one of Burgundy's flagship grape varieties: Chardonnay. Although there are nuances between the different climats, they share certain common characteristics. With a golden color and emerald highlights, yellowing with age, the bouquet of this white wine suggests butter and warm croissants, ferns, dried fruit, spices, and honey. The body and bouquet are indistinguishable, as structure and harmony blend into perfect unity. Creamy and firm, dry and caressing, enveloping and deep, Chevalier-Montrachet wine possesses all the graces beneath an unyielding character. The exceptional characteristics of Chevalier-Montrachet wine are perfectly expressed in the vintages offered by Domaine Bouchard Père et Fils, Domaine Louis Latour, Domaine d'Auvenay, and Maison Louis Jadot.