Chassagne Montrachet White 1er cru Clos st Jean 2020 - Paul Pillot

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(92 - 94)/100 Parker

When to drink this wine: Drink it from 2022 onwards and keep it for 15 years (or more).

Tasted by William Kelley on 20 January 2022: "The 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jean comes out of the glass with scents of pear, orange oil, white flowers and freshly baked bread. A seamless wine, with a taut core of fruit, chalky structural extract and lively acids, it concludes with a saline finish."

How did the 2020 vintage turn out?

The 2020 vintage is a brilliant success for Thierry Pillot, delivering concentrated, chiseled wines that will delight purists of Burgundy whites. As I've said many times, Pillot is one of a handful of exciting producers who have made Chassagne-Montrachet the most dynamic white wine village in the Côte de Beaune today, and as he enters his 40s, he's thinking about the next step. His viticulture is already innovative, with vines pruned high and, in some cases, managed by braiding. 

- Allergens : Contains sulphites

- Ideal serving temperature : 12 °C

- Presentation of the estate : Domaine Paul Pillot, with a surface area of 12 hectares, has been managed since 2004 by the young and dynamic Thierry Pillot. The vines on the estate's enviable range of estates are organically grown, though not yet certified as such, and the wines they produce are aged for around 18 months on the lees, the last six in stainless steel. The percentages of new wood are modest, with many of the larger 350-litre casks, and the lees are never stirred. These are superb white Burgundies, full of character, elegant texture and mouth-watering incisiveness. In my opinion, Pillot is one of a handful of exciting producers who have made Chassagne-Montrachet the most interesting white wine producing village in Burgundy today. 

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