2024 Domaine Jean Marc Pillot Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Les Chenevottes

Les Chenevottes is the northernmost of Domaine Jean Marc Pillot's holdings in Chassagne Montrachet, a white 1er Cru running up to the boundary with Puligny Montrachet. The domaine works 0.29 hectares here, planted in 1950, and the site gives a silkier, more citrus driven wine than the Pillot cuvees from the southern end of the village. Jean Marc Pillot, fourth generation of his branch of the family, took over from his father, Jean, in 1991, built a new cellar and sells his entire crop in bottle. His son Antonin joined in 2019 and led the conversion to organic farming that was certified with this 2024 vintage. Allen Meadows of Burghound, the most closely followed specialist critic of Burgundy, puts 2024 whites on a level with 2014, in a season when mildew sharply reduced the crop. The wine is fermented in barrel with modest new oak and rests on its fine lees for an extended elevage.