2024 Domaine Faiveley Chassagne-Montrachet Blanc

When it comes to Burgundy, Domaine Faiveley is one of the very best addresses. This is a large family business with approximately 120 hectares of vineyards, including famous names such as Gevrey-Chambertin, Pommard, Volnay, Puligny-Montrachet, and Chablis Grand Cru.

However, it is also a family winery with 10 hectares of Grand Cru and nearly 25 hectares of Premier Cru. The first step was taken in 1825 by Pierre Faiveley; his son Joseph turned the winery into a magnificent top-tier company, and his wines became ambassadors of Burgundy wines around the world. With a clear, elegant, and distinctive style, they produce wines here that, without exception, meet the ideal image of a Burgundy. “A winery of very high quality, representing the full glory of French winemaking,” writes the French wine author duo Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve.

Domaine Faiveley combines the principles of modern winemaking methods with the age-old traditions that have been practiced for centuries in their 19th-century cellars. Each terroir and each vintage benefits from special attention that makes the cuvées unique. Every bottle therefore becomes a faithful reflection of its terroir. In 1879, all French villages added the name of their best vineyard to the place name. Chassagne-Montrachet did the same. Chassagne shares this vineyard with Puligny-Montrachet. The best dry white wines in the world come from here. This broad hill, Montrachet, produces wines with the highest expression of the two Burgundian grape varieties that grow side by side here, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Extensive marble quarries, forming a kind of rock face, were the source of the pink and beige tiles found in the building of

The Faiveley Chassagne-Montrachet Blanc has a brilliant light yellow color. The nose displays great finesse with mineral and light oak notes. A wine with good structure that is pure, concentrated, and balanced in taste, followed by remarkable length. In short, a wine with guts.