Domaine Hubert Lamy : Chassagne-Montrachet 1er cru "Les Chaumées" 2024

Characteristics and tasting notes of the Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru "Les Chaumées" 2024 from Domaine Hubert Lamy

Tasting

Appearance
This wine reveals a very pale white hue.

Nose
Displaying great precision, the aromatic bouquet harmoniously blends fresh fruit fragrances with delicate toasted notes, all underlined by a well-integrated touch of vanilla and beautiful minerality.

Palate
The palate offers a rich, round texture, perfectly balanced by vibrant acidity. The whole is imbued with great freshness and stretches into a finale marked by pronounced salinity.

Food and wine pairings

Ideal to accompany refined cuisine, this white wine pairs wonderfully with roasted lobster, scallops or turbot with beurre blanc. It also enhances poultry in cream sauce, truffle risotto and aged cheeses.

The richness and tension of a Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru

The estate

Founded in 1973, Domaine Hubert Lamy is an essential reference in Burgundy, located in Saint-Aubin. Although the family's winemaking history dates back to 1640, it is under the leadership of Olivier Lamy, who has been running the estate since the late 1990s with his wife Karine, that the domaine has gained international renown. Spanning 18.5 hectares, the vineyard stands out for its demanding practices such as massal selection and exceptionally high planting densities, allowing the identity of each terroir to be revealed with immense precision.

The vineyard

The cuvée comes from the Premier Cru-classified climat "Les Chaumées", located in the village of Chassagne-Montrachet. Here the estate cultivates a confidential 0.23-hectare plot, planted mid-slope on shallow, stony clay-limestone soils. East-facing, the vines aged from 35 to over 55 years old benefit from a very high planting density reaching 20,000 vines per hectare. The vineyard has been managed without chemical fertilisers for many years, favouring organic amendments, Guyot-Poussard pruning, high trellising and entirely manual harvests.

Winemaking and aging

To craft this Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru "Les Chaumées" 2024, the grapes, harvested in small crates, undergo a long and particularly gentle pneumatic pressing. The cellar's philosophy relies on a strict plot-by-plot approach and the use of gravity to preserve the integrity of the juices by avoiding pumping. Fermentations take place slowly in barrels and large-volume demi-muids, with very limited use of new wood, in order to convey the purest expression of the terroir.

Grape variety

100% Chardonnay.