Chassagne-Montrachet

Chassagne-Montrachet is a protected wine appellation within Burgundy, anchored in Burgundy's Côte d'Or, where limestone, marl, slope exposure, and village boundaries give the AOC system unusual precision. The designation belongs in the appellations layer because it defines the legal name that may appear on labels, while the existing regions row remains the broader geographic and cultural context. Soil, elevation, exposure, climate, and local tradition shape the way the name reads to drinkers, but the legal designation is the object modeled here.

Permitted or characteristic grapes for the designation include Chardonnay, Pinot Noir. White Chassagne-Montrachet often shows citrus, pear, hazelnut, butter, flowers, and mineral depth, with more breadth than Puligny-Montrachet and more tension than the richest Meursault examples. The list should be read as a practical reference for common wines under the name, not as a claim that every bottle uses every grape or follows one fixed recipe. Producer choice, vintage conditions, subzone, and cellar work still create meaningful variation inside the protected origin.

White and red wines are permitted under the village AOC. Chardonnay dominates modern identity, while Pinot Noir remains part of the appellation framework. Wines using the name must satisfy the relevant French AOC cahier des charges, including origin rules and any style, labeling, grape, or production requirements that apply to the designation. This entry intentionally summarizes the consumer-facing identity of the appellation rather than reproducing the entire legal specification.

The classification tier in this database is an editorial navigation aid, not a score or promise of bottle quality. Farming, harvest timing, yield decisions, release category, and producer intent remain decisive. The entry closes the core Côte de Beaune village set seeded earlier and gives the Burgundy appellation layer a fuller reference base. This keeps the EncyclopediaOfWine distinction clear: regions describe wine places, while appellations describe protected legal names.