Terroir Insight: Domaine Chartron, Chevalier-Montrachet

Chevalier-Montrachet is a great vineyard, perhaps only surpassed by Montrachet in the white classifications.

Chevalier-Montrachet is only located in the Puligny-Montrachet appellation, but have been expanded a couple of times over the years, as parts of Les Demoiselles and Les Caillerets have been promoted to grand cru status and included in the northern end of Chevalier-Montrachet.

This have not always been without controvercy, but in the end Chevalier have been expanded with some great plots.

Before the expansion the northern part of Chevalier-Montrachet was just above the northern end of Montrachet, but the new expanded parts of Chevalier Montrachet are extending further north.

The orginal northern end of Chevalier-Montrachet is however the Clos Chevaliers – and clos enclosed by walls on three sides – and owned by Domaine Jean Chartron.

So lets take a closer look at the Chevalier-Montrachet Clos Chevaliers …

The Domaine Chartron plots on Chevalier-Montrachet

The Chevalier-Montrachet Clos Chevaliers was acquired by Chartron in 1917 – just a little more than 100 years ago.


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