Chevalier-Montrachet 2020 - Domaine de la Vougeraie

Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru 2020 — Domaine de la Vougeraie

This Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru 2020 from Domaine de la Vougeraie embodies one of the noblest, most vertical and most refined expressions of Burgundian Chardonnay. A mythical Grand Cru of the Côte de Beaune, situated above Montrachet, Chevalier-Montrachet gives wines of great mineral tension, remarkable precision and exceptional aromatic depth: preserved lemon, citrus zest, fresh pear, white peach, yellow apple, white flowers, fresh almond, hazelnut, fine butter, warm stone, chalk, noble smoke and a very long saline finish.

Domaine de la Vougeraie is renowned for a precise and careful approach to Burgundy’s great terroirs, with a focus on pure expression, balance and respect for the living environment. Chevalier-Montrachet is distinguished by an architecture that is more slender, more airy and more mineral than Bâtard-Montrachet, while retaining immense depth. The 2020 vintage brings ripeness, intensity, preserved freshness and remarkable energy on the palate, with exceptional ageing potential.

Terroir: Chevalier-Montrachet, verticality and mineral grandeur

The Chevalier-Montrachet climat is among the greatest Chardonnay terroirs in the world. Located high on the slope, above Montrachet, it rests on limestone, stony and marly soils that give the wines remarkable tension, great aromatic purity and a saline finish of exceptional length.

At Domaine de la Vougeraie, Chevalier-Montrachet translates into a wine of great precision, where the substance remains always held by minerality and freshness. The terroir brings a vertical frame, refined texture and progressive depth. In 2020, the ripeness of the vintage reinforces fruit intensity and palate density, while preserved freshness maintains balance, energy and clarity of the Grand Cru.

Tasting notes

Appearance: pale gold with brilliant reflections, luminous, dense and still very youthful. The colour reflects the freshness of the vintage, the nobility of Chardonnay and a slow evolution towards greater aromatic complexity.

Nose: pure, deep and highly refined, with preserved lemon, citrus zest, fresh pear, white peach, yellow apple, white flowers, fresh almond, hazelnut, fine butter and warm stone. With aeration and evolution, nuances of fine honey, sweet spices, chalk, oyster shell, noble smoke, light vanilla, white truffle and iodised notes may appear.

Palate: broad, taut, satiny and perfectly structured, with dense substance chiselled by great freshness. Flavours of preserved lemon, pear, white peach, yellow apple, almond, hazelnut, fine butter, warm stone and sweet spices unfold with precision, supported by a firm and saline limestone frame. The finish is very long, chalky, iodised and persistent, with an impression of verticality, nobility and great Burgundian precision.

Expression of the 2020 vintage

The 2020 vintage in Burgundy produced white wines remarkable for their intensity, ripeness and preserved freshness. In the great terroirs of the Côte de Beaune, this year combines substance, aromatic precision, mineral tension and very strong ageing capacity. In Chevalier-Montrachet, the 2020 particularly highlights the verticality of the cru, its aromatic brilliance and its long saline finish.

Today, this Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru 2020 from Domaine de la Vougeraie remains very young and has immense ageing potential. It can already impress through its density, brilliance and precision after measured aeration, but will gain complexity with time: hazelnut, fine honey, white truffle, noble butter, melted spices, smoke, warm stone and iodised nuances should gradually join the purity of white fruit and citrus.