Domaine Michel Niellon Chassagne Montrachet "Clos de la Maltroie" Premier Cru 2019
(Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France) - [DM 94] [JM 91] [WA 90]

About the Winery:
Michel Niellon, who began working with his father Marcel in 1957, crafted more than 50 vintages of extraordinary wines. From the original 4-hectare estate in Chassagne-Montrachet, Michel built a notable reputation, creating rich, ripe premiers and grands crus white Burgundies as well as a small amount of excellent premier cru red. Today, since his death in 2021, wines are made by his son-in-law, Michel Coutoux, routinely producing wines of impressively consistent quality and style.

Notes from the Winemaker:
Grapes fermented in stainless steel tanks and near the end of fermentation, the wine is transferred to small oak barrels to ferment dry and complete malolactic fermentation during barrel aging. Batônnage is used sparingly as the wines of Chassagne are already rich.

Tasting notes

Ratings & Reviews

94 Points - Decanter Magazine:
"Niellon has 0.44ha in the southern part of Maltroie planted to Pinot, down-slope from his Chardonnay which is also planted here. The marl soils here deliver a wine of concentration and richness, with ripe plummy fruit and some earthy spice on the nose, then firm but supple tannins on the palate. Not to be overlooked" - Charles Curtis MW (Oct 2020)

91 Points - Jasper Morris' Inside Burgundy:
"Picked on 8th September at 13.5% alcohol, with one third new wood, a function of the volume produced. This shows the wood as Maltroie tends to, always a wine, which is a bit in between the fruit and the vinification. Plenty there though and carries the alcohol level well." (Sep 2020)

90 Points - Wine Advocate:
"Notes of crisp orchard fruit, white flowers, toasted nuts and pastry cream preface the 2019 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Maltroie, a medium to full-bodied, bright and satiny wine with fine depth at the core, tangy acids and good grip on the delicately oak-inflected finish." – William Kelley (Jan 2021)