Price: $279.99
6+ Price: $249.99 / btl
The 2023 Paul Pillot Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jean is a luminous and finely structured white Burgundy, capturing the elegance and tension of this mid-slope terroir. Clos Saint-Jean, located just above the village on limestone-rich soils, is known for producing wines that balance depth with focus. The 2023 vintage delivered fresh, energetic fruit, and this bottling exemplifies the domaine’s minimalist, terroir-transparent style. Whole-cluster pressed and fermented with indigenous yeasts, the wine is aged in mostly used French oak barrels, highlighting fruit and minerality over wood.On the nose, it reveals aromas of white orchard fruit, lemon oil, crushed rock, spring flowers, and subtle hazelnut. The palate is taut, linear, and quietly powerful, with racy acidity, a refined texture, and a long, saline finish that reflects the vineyard’s limestone core. There is both immediacy and inner depth here—showing beautifully in its youth but capable
Paul Pillot Description
Domaine Paul Pillot, based in Chassagne-Montrachet, is one of the most exciting white wine producers in Burgundy today. Under the direction of Thierry Pillot since the early 2000s, the domaine has ascended rapidly in reputation, gaining acclaim for its racy, terroir-driven whites that emphasize purity, minerality, and finesse over opulence. Thierry employs minimal intervention in the cellar—native yeast fermentation, limited bâtonnage, and restrained oak use—to preserve the energy and transparency of each wine. Though best known for exceptional premier crus in Chassagne such as La Romanée and Les Grandes Ruchottes, even the domaine’s more modest bottlings—like their Bourgogne Aligoté—are crafted with the same attention to detail and are sought after by sommeliers and collectors for their vibrancy and precision.
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