Domaine Michel Niellon Chassagne Montrachet "Clos Saint-Jean" Premier Cru 2019
(Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France) - [DM 94] [WA 93] [JM 92]

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 - Decanter Magazine:
"The domaine owns a bit more than a hectare here, in three parcels, with the white at the top of the slope. The fruit is lightly pressed before being run into cask for fermentation and the result is spectacular, with notes of lemon curd pie, fresh cream and white flowers on the nose, and a lively, exuberant texture on the palate. A tour de force." - Charles Curtis MW (Oct 2020)

93 Points - Wine Advocate:
"The 2019 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jean is showing very well, opening in the glass with scents of crisp yellow orchard fruit, white flowers, marzipan and fresh peach. Medium-bodied, bright and tensile, its satiny attack segues into a deep, lively core, concluding with a chalky finish." – William Kelley (Jan 2021)

92 Points - Jasper Morris' Inside Burgundy:
"Lovely mid purple, this has more density than the village wine, but also slightly firmer tannins, which is fine in a wine designed to be a vin de garde. The fruit just keeps building on the palate, with a lovely suave aftertaste. Yes please!" (Sep 2020)