Domaine Michel Niellon Chassagne Montrachet "Clos Saint-Jean" Premier Cru 2020
(Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France) - [WA 94] [JM 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:
This parcel is located at the top of the slope west of the village, next to a large limestone quarry. This wine shows a lovely, youthful purity and vivid fruit expression with a crisp underlying tension.

Tasting notes

Ratings & Reviews

94 Points - Wine Advocate:
"As was the case in 2017, the 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jean has turned out especially well this year. Bursting with aromas of pear, freshly baked bread, orange oil and beeswax and framed by a deft touch of reduction, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and satiny, its fleshy core of fruit girdled by tangy acids." – William Kelley (Jan 2022)

90 Points - Jasper Morris' Inside Burgundy:
"Picked on 26th August at13.5% alcohol. Clean and clear cut with some lime blossom notes. The white Clos St-Jean has a thick texture of ripe fruit on the palate, though with some fresh energy and with medium class." (Oct 2021)