Chassagne-Montrachet
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Côte-d'Or | |
| Arrondissement | Beaune | |
| Canton | Ladoix-Serrigny | |
| Community association | Beaune Cote et Sud | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 56 ' N , 4 ° 44' E | |
| height | 209-410 m | |
| surface | 6.50 km 2 | |
| Residents | 305 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 47 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 21190 | |
| INSEE code | 21150 | |
_Mairie-%C3%A9cole.JPG) Mairie (Town Hall) |
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Chassagne-Montrachet is a commune with 305 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (Bourgogne) region in the Côte-d'Or department in France . It is one of the smaller wine-growing communities on the Côte de Beaune , almost as large as the neighboring community of Puligny-Montrachet . Chassagne-Montrachet is located on the 113a departmental road, approx. 200 meters west of the national road 74, the Route des Grands Crus , in the southern area of the Côte de Beaune between Santenay and Meursault . The distance to Beaune is 14 kilometers.
Like almost all municipalities in Burgundy, the municipality of Chassagne added the name of its top vineyard Montrachet to the place name in 1879.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 574 | 504 | 446 | 454 | 431 | 472 | 396 | 308 |
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Viticulture in Chassagne-Montrachet
The Chassagne-Montrachet wine-growing region has had the status of an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC for short) since May 21, 1970 . The area comprises a total of 339 hectares of vineyards, 159 hectares of which belong to the 19 Premier Cru sites. Both white wine (approx. 60% of the amount) and red wines (approx. 40%) are produced in the wine-growing region.
The finest white Burgundy wines grow here on around 7.5 hectares of vineyards. They have a very full bouquet. The noble, complex taste can be called “majestic” without exaggeration. The location "Le Montrachet", surrounded by a low wall and provided with iron gates, so a Clos , is one of the most famous vineyards in the world and is halfway in the Chassagne district. The other part belongs to Puligny. At the location Bâtard-Montrachet (Grand Cru) Chassagne also has a share. Wines are produced here that are very similar to Le Montrachet. The small Grand Cru location Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet belongs entirely to the Chassagne-Montrachet district, the average production from this location is only about 7000 bottles (53 hl). The premiers crus of the municipality are also worth mentioning, all of which have an above-average depth of character.
literature
- Michael Broadbent , Gert Crum et al. a .: Le Domaine de la Romanée-Conti: cradle of legendary Burgundy wines. Zabert Sandmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-89883-103-5 .
- Remington Norman: Cote d'Or. The big wineries in the heart of Burgundy. Hallwag Verlag, Bern 1996, ISBN 3-444-10470-7 .
- James E. Wilson: Terroir. Key to Wine , Hallwag Verlag, Bern 1998, ISBN 3-444-10552-5 .
