Chassagne-Montrachet 'La Goujonne' Rouge, Domaine Hubert Lamy, 2023
Chassagne-Montrachet 'La Goujonne' Rouge, Domaine Hubert Lamy, 2023
- 75cl
- 13%
- Red Still
- Pinot Noir
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Optimal drinking window: 2027 - 2035
Est. delivery early 2027
Chassagne-Montrachet is white wine country — everyone knows that — which makes its reds one of Burgundy's quiet pleasures, often overlooked and frequently underpriced relative to the village's reputation. La Goujonne is a lieu-dit on the southern flank of the appellation, and in Lamy's hands it produces a red that has nothing to prove and everything to offer: fine-boned, precise, and threaded through with that particular Chassagne mineral quality that seems to hum underneath the fruit rather than shout above it.
The 2023 vintage gave Burgundy generous sunshine without the scorching excess that plagued earlier years, and this shows in the wine's balance — ripe without being heavy, fruit-forward without sacrificing the cool, stony edge that makes village Pinot this interesting.
What the critics say:
"Mid crimson-ruby, with perfumed ripe pinot, some cherries. Adequate tension, a little pepper, really lovely red fruit to finish. Thoroughly enjoyable. Drink from 2027-2032. Tasted Nov 2025."
La Goujonne sits in the southern part of Chassagne-Montrachet, on soils that mix limestone and clay with a leaning toward the latter — which gives the reds more flesh and colour than you find further north toward Puligny. The slope orientation and altitude help preserve acidity even in warmer years, and the combination of stony subsoil and clay topsoil gives this wine its characteristic mix of fruit weight and mineral grip.
Chassagne-Montrachet is a village appellation in the Côte de Beaune, sitting just south of Puligny-Montrachet and sharing some of its most celebrated white wine land. While the Grands and Premiers Crus whites are world-famous, the village produces red Pinot Noir across a significant portion of its land, particularly on the flatter and more clay-rich soils to the south. Village-level reds here are typically lighter in body than Pommard or Volnay to the north, with more elegance and a cooler, more mineral character. Lieux-dits like La Goujonne allow producers to indicate a single vineyard source without the Premier Cru classification, offering buyers genuine site expression at a village price.
The 2023 growing season in Burgundy unfolded like a cautionary tale about climate change, then pulled off a last-minute redemption that left everyone rather stunned. After a warm, early spring pushed budbreak ahead of schedule, the vines endured a thoroughly miserable summer of persistent rain and cool temperatures that had growers muttering darkly about rot and dilution. Just when things looked dire, September arrived with glorious sunshine and dry winds that concentrated the fruit and saved the harvest—though not without some frantic sorting in the cellars.
What emerged from this meteorological rollercoaster are wines that wear their vintage on their sleeve: Pinot Noirs with bright, singing acidity and red fruit that feels almost crystalline in its purity, whilst the Chardonnays show remarkable tension and mineral drive. The reds are drinking beautifully now if you fancy immediate pleasure, but we suspect the better villages and premiers crus will reward patience over the next decade. It's not a powerhouse vintage, but there's something genuinely charming about these wines—they remind us why we fell for Burgundy in the first place.
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