Domaine Blain-Gagnard Chassagne-Montrachet Clos St. Jean Premier Cru 2013
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The 2013 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos St Jean has a well-defined bouquet with lemon zest, notes of chalk dust and granite. It is tightly-coiled at the moment but unwinds with time. The palate is well balanced with a crisp line of acidity, far more complex than the Village Cru with the 20% new oak lending weight on the finish. Fine.
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Domaine Blain-Gagnard was formed in 1980 when Jean-Marc Blain (a Sancerrois) married Claudine Gagnard, youngest daughter of Jacques and Marie-Josèphe Gagnard of Domaine Gagnard-Delagrange. The couple runs this venerable domaine with the help of their son Marc-Antonin. Jean-Marc Blain and Claudine Gagnard met while they were both studying oenology at Dijon. The estate's vineyards come mainly from grandparents and other relatives of Claudine, along with a few purchases. The vines are planted in Chardonnay (55%) and the rest in pinot noir, with a small parcel of Passetoutgrain. They now control 20.5 acres of vines in Chassagne-Montrachet, including holdings in three grands crus: Le Montrachet, Batard-Montrachet, and Criots-Batard-Montrachet.