Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot
Flooded with sunshine from sunrise to sunset, the Chassagne-Montrachet vineyard is one of the most beautiful assets
and one of the most beautiful appellations of the Côte Viticole.
Origin
In the southern part of the Côte de Beaune Chassagne-Montrachet shares with Puligny the incontested title of the prince of the world’s dry white wines – the divine Montrachet. This fine, broad hillside brings out the very highest expression of the two Burgundian grapes - the Pinot Noir and the Chardonnay, which grow here side-by side - such is the complexity of the district's « terroirs »!
Extensive marble quarries, which form a kind of cliff face, were the source of the pink and beige flagstones which went into the building of the Trocadero in Paris and more recently the Louvre Pyramid.
Morgeot is a name that comes from the Gaul "Morga" meaning limit, border. The Morgeot climate is on the departmental border between the Côte d'Or and the Saône-et-Loire. Morgeot thus corresponds to the ancient Gallo-Roman boundary between the "pagus Belnensis" (the Beaunois region) and the "pagus Cabilonnensis" (the Chalonnais region).
Viticulture
Grape variety: chardonnay
Soils: deep, brown limestones and silt.
Orientation: South- East
Pruning: Guyot system
Average age of the vine: 45 years old.
