Chassagne-Montrachet 1er cru Clos de la Chapelle Morgeot 2017

Maison Louis Jadot

Chassagne-Montrachet 1er cru Clos de la Chapelle Morgeot
2017

Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Burgundy
Subregion
Côte de Beaune
Appellation
Chassagne-Montrachet
Classification
1er cru
Varietal(s)
Chardonnay 100 %
Colour
White
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About this winery

It was with the acquisition of Beaune Premier Cru Clos des Ursules that the history of Maison Louis Jadot began in 1826. It took Louis Henry Denis Jadot thirty years to found the House in 1859, and to establish the values ​​of this family business. By developing the wine trade in the markets of northern Europe, he was already contributing to the reputation of Burgundy wines at the time. Several generations succeeded each other at the head of the family business, but his signature on the...

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Product notes

Located in the southern part of the Côte de Beaune, Chassagne Montrachet is one of the 5 villages making up the prestigious “Côte des Blancs”. Morgeot is the greatest premier cru. The "Clos de la Chapelle" is located inside the "Morgeot" climate behind an old chapel; Monopoly of Domaine Duc de Magenta distributed by Maison Louis Jadot on the basis of a long-term exclusive contract.

Production notes

The harvest is manual in small crates, gently pressed then fermented in the barrels of our cooperage, a third of which are new. Aging lasts about 15 months on fine lees.

Tasting notes

Ce 2018 est un monument! Racé et élancé, aux notes minérales fines, il présente une complexité aromatique époustouflante aux notes intenses d’agrumes, de miel, de fruits secs, de fougère et de beurre. La finale est d’une longueur infinie…Un trésor de cave ! Accords avec œuf en meurette, fruits de mers et fromages.

Press reviews

James Suckling

- 94 points -

James Suckling, May 2020 (Vintage 2018)

A dense white with lots of character, offering dried-apple, salt and straw aromas. It’s full-bodied with bright hints of cooked apples, light vanilla and nougat. Really complex and really excellent for the appellation. Drinkable now, but better in two or three years.

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Wine Advocate

92+

William Kelley, April 2021 (Vintage 2018)

The 2018 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot Clos de la Chapelle (Duc de Magenta) is showing nicely from bottle, unwinding in the glass with notes of pear, crisp yellow orchard fruit, fresh apricot, pastry cream and toasted macadamia nut. This is medium to full-bodied, tangy and tightly wound, with racy acids and a phenolic finish. It should develop nicely in the cellar and once again represents one of the longer-haul propositions in the range.

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Wine Advocate

91-93

William Kelley, January 2022 (Vintage 2020)

The swan song for this cuvée is the 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot Clos de la Chapelle (Duc de Magenta), a muscular, concentrated wine that exhibits aromas of orange oil, peach, buttery pastry and white flowers. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and textural, with a fleshy core of ripe fruit and bright balancing acids, it offers a classic expression of Morgeot in all its exuberance

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