Vincent Dancer Chassagne Montrachet Premier Cru Tete du Clos Blanc 2013 750ml

Certified Organic. Tete du Clos, located inside of the 1er Cru Les Morgeots, is a small walled-in parcel containing the very best part of the vineyard and is rightfully considered a “super” 1er Cru. Here, at the apex of the vineyard, bordered by La Romanée to the north and Les Embrazées to the southwest, the soil is very rocky and white, giving a more mineral, tensile expression of Chassagne. Dancer’s parcel comes from vines planted in 1954. Only Dancer and one other producer bottle a Tete du Clos. Native yeast fermentation with no additions, natural malo, and no battonage. Aged in approx. 50% new oak for 17 months. After assemblage the wine is racked back into stainless steel to age for an additional 5-6 months before bottling. Dancer’s Tete du Clos is a linear, mineral-driven Chardonnay.

• Country: France
• Region: Burgundy
• Appellation: Cote De Beaune
• Sub Appellation: Chassagne Montrachet
• Size: 750ml
• Color: White
• Alcohol by Vol: 13.0%

Varietal

Chardonnay

Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one that has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is Chardonnay. This green-skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity, which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.