2020 | Domaine Michel Niellon | Chassagne Montrachet La Maltroie

White Wine: 2020 | Domaine Michel Niellon | Chassagne Montrachet La Maltroie

A medium to full-bodied, lively and tightly wound young wine built around bright acids and chalky extract.

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Producer: Domaine Michel Niellon

Ratings: WA | 91 JS | 93

Vintage: 2020

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13.5%

Varietal: Chardonnay

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

A medium to full-bodied, lively and tightly wound young wine built around bright acids and chalky extract.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Aromas of pear, beeswax, toasted nuts, white flowers and youthful reduction introduce the 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Maltroie, a medium to full-bodied, lively and tightly wound young wine built around bright acids and chalky extract.

• James Suckling: Picked 27th August at 13.8% alcohol. A cool mid purple again with a fresh albeit ripe raspberry nose, nothing cooked here. A little more intensity than the village wine with some grip behind, good tension to this, precision and intensity. Brava! Tasted: October 2021

Producer Information

Michel Niellon is a critically well-regarded wine producer based in Chassagne-Montrachet appellation, synonymous with top-flight Chardonnay, in Burgundy’s Cte de Beaune subregion. producing a range of labels from the area (including some red wines, from grand cru through to premier cru and village-level wines. The estate began selling wine in the 1960s, and has been run by three generations of the Niellon family. Michel Niellon, the current proprietor, is well known for his Chardonnay wines, including those from the grand cru climats of Chevalier-Montrachet and Btard-Montrachet in which he has holdings of 0.2 hectares (0.5 acres) and 0.1 hectares (0.2 acres) respectively. In all, Niellon owns 7.5 hectares (18.5 acres) of vineyard land which is predominantly Chardonnay although the domaine has is some Pinot Noir (roughly two hectares/five acres in Chassagne, including plots in premier crus La Maltroie and Clos St Jean).