Chassagne-Montrachet La Blanchot Dessus 1er Cru 2024 Vincent Girardin

The 2024 growing season in the Côte de Beaune proved to be challenging. A cool and rainy spring increased the risk of mildew throughout Burgundy, and uneven flowering led to lower yields in many Chardonnay vineyards. Unstable weather conditions persisted into the summer, but the winemakers, having carefully selected the harvest, created wines distinguished not so much by opulent flavor as by freshness and vibrancy.

“Chassagne-Montrachet La Blanchot Dessus 1er Cru 2024” by Vincent Girardin, crafted under these conditions, is a wine in which liveliness takes center stage rather than richness. La Blanchot Dessus is located on the southern edge of Chassagne, in close proximity to Le Montrachet, and in such cool vintages, the character of this plot’s stony soil comes through particularly vividly. The 2024 vintage can be expected to be more slender and mineral-driven than the 2022 and 2023 vintages, and it will not reach its peak of maturity until at least 2027.

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