2024 Domaine Jean Marc Pillot Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru La Maltroie

Domaine Jean Marc Pillot's La Maltroie is one of its smallest bottlings: just 0.16 hectares of Chardonnay in this Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru, from vines planted in 1951. Vines that old give low yields and concentrated fruit, which sets this cuvee apart from the domaine's other 1er Crus. The estate belongs to the branch of the Chassagne Pillots that Jean Marc has run since 1991, the fourth generation of his line, now working alongside his son Antonin, who arrived in 2019 and moved the vineyards to organic farming. This 2024 is the domaine's first certified organic vintage, from a year Allen Meadows of Burghound, whose reports carry particular weight with Burgundy buyers, has likened to 2014 for whites. The house style is generous and full in the classic Chassagne manner, built by barrel fermentation and a long elevage on the lees.