Chassagne-Montrachet 2007 has a lovely, pale golden color. On the nose, peach, apricot and mango combine with subtle roasted hazelnut notes. The mouth-feel is full and fat with an herbal finale.
The word Chassagne comes from either the Latin cassanea which means an oak wood or cassanus which means oak. Until the late 19th Century the main settlement of this commune was known as Chassagne-le-Haut. However in 1879, in common with other villages in the C?te d'Or, the village was allowed to change its name replacing le Haut with name of their most famous Grand Cru Montrachet. The village appellation covers just over half of Chassagne-Montrachet.