page_title: Chassagne-Montrachet wine
section_title: Premiers Crus
hierarchical_section_title: Chassagne-Montrachet wine / Premiers Crus
caption_attribution_description: English: Clos Pitois, a premier cru vineyard in the southern part of Chassagne-Montrachet (Burgundy). This part of the vineyard owned by a domaine located in Santenay.
context_page_description: Chassagne-Montrachet wine is produced in the communes of Chassagne-Montrachet and Remigny in Côte de Beaune of Burgundy. The Appellation d'origine contrôlée Chassagne-Montrachet may be used for white wine and red with respectively Chardonnay and Pinot noir as the main grape variety. The production consists of around two-thirds of white wine and one-third of red wine, which is produced primarily in the southern part of the commune, in the direction of Santenay. There are three Grand Cru vineyards within Chassagne-Montrachet, with Montrachet the most well-known, and 50 Premier Cru vineyards.
  In 2008, there was 301.43 hectares of vineyard surface in production for Chassagne-Montrachet wine at village and Premier Cru level, and 15,660 hectoliter of wine was produced, of which 10,398 hectoliter white wine and 5,262 hectoliter red wine. Some 121.21 hectares of this area was used for the red wines in 2007. The amount produced corresponds to almost 2.1 million bottles, almost 1.4 million bottles of white wine and 700.000 bottles of red wine.
  For white wines, the AOC regulations allow both Chardonnay and Pinot blanc to be used, but most wines are 100% Chardonnay.
context_section_description: There are 48 climats in Chassagne-Montrachet classified as Premier Cru vineyards, located both to the south of the village, in the Santenay direction, and to the north, in the Puligny-Montrachet direction. Their wines are designated Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru + vineyard name, such as Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru La Maltroie, or may labelled just Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru, in which case it is possible to blend wine from several Premier Cru vineyards within the AOC.
  In 2007, 144.97 hectares (358.2 acres) of the total Chassagne-Montrachet vineyard surface consisted of Premier Cru vineyards, of which 108.11 hectares (267.1 acres) white and 36.86 hectares (91.1 acres) red Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru. The annual production of Premier Cru wine, as a five-year average, is 5,520 hectoliter of white wine and 1,463 hectoliter of red wine.
  The climats classified as Premiers Crus are:
  Les Baudines
  Les Embrazées
  Clos Pitois
  La Grande Borne
  Clos Chareau
  Bois de Chassagne
  Tête du Clos
  Francemont
  Les Brussonnes
  Les Boirettes
  La Romanée
  Les Grand Clos
  Morgeot (Produce Reds)
  Abbaye de Morgeot
  Les Petit Clos
  Vigne Blanche
  La Roquemaure
  Ez Crottes
  Guerchère
  Grandes Ruchottes
  Les Petites Fairendes
  Les Fairendes
  La Boudriotte (Produce Reds)
  Les Chaumes
  Champs Jendreau
  En Virondot
  En Cailleret
  Vigne Derrière
  Les Champs Gain
  Les Combards
  Chassagne
  Chassagne du Clos St-Jean
  Les Murées
  Ez Crets
  La Maltroie
  Clos Saint-Jean (Produce Reds)
  Les Rebichets
  Les Places
  Les Charmées
  Petingerets
  Les Vergers
  Les Pasquelles
  Les Chenevottes
  Les Macherelles
  Les Bondues
  Les Commes
  Blanchot Dessus
  En Remilly
caption: Clos Pitois, a Premier Cru vineyard in the southern part of Chassagne-Montrachet.
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