PRE ARRIVAL 2024 Fontaine-Gagnard Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Vergers' 750ml Bottle
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From a 0.71ha parcel of old vines planted in 1972. This is one of the best Vergers from FG that I have tasted as a young wine. As Celine says the “lees was fantastic, so we used almost all of it in the barrels, and the style is a little more reductive.” It's very deep and dense, classy and long with perfect oak balance (about 30% new oak). This great 1er Cru is just 400mt SW of Montrachet itself.
"The 2024 Chassagne-Montrachet Vergers 1er Cru has an expressive nose with walnut and light fumé scents filtering through the citrus fruit. Good intensity. The palate has a subtle reduction on the entry, good intensity, more citrus driven than the Clos des Murées with a sorbet-fresh finish that leaves a dab of ginger on the aftertaste. Excellent."
92 points - Neal Martin, Vinous
"This is suffering from post-bottling reduction and is presently unreadable. More interesting are the fresh, vibrant and succulent middle weight flavors that possess very good power on the equally clean, dry and citrus-suffused finale. This definitely needs better depth though so plan on at least a few years of keeping."
90 points - Allen Meadows, Burghound
90 points - Allen Meadows, Burghound