Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru 'Clos Saint-Marc', Olivier Leflaive, 2025
Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru 'Clos Saint-Marc', Olivier Leflaive, 2025
- 75cl
- 13.5%
- White Still
- Chardonnay
- Biodynamic
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Optimal drinking window: 2028 - 2038
Est. delivery in 2027
Clos Saint-Marc is a premier cru climat within Chassagne-Montrachet, and in Olivier Leflaive's capable hands it delivers the house's signature combination of precision and quiet power: Chardonnay that feels mineral-driven and tightly coiled rather than generous and open.
Clos Saint Marc lies within the Chassagne-Montrachet appellation, where the soils shift from the predominantly limestone and clay of Puligny into terrain with more marl and iron-rich elements, giving wines a slightly fuller, earthier character than their neighbours to the north. The climat sits on mid-slope, benefiting from good drainage and morning sun exposure. In Domaine Leflaive's hands, the biodynamic farming amplifies the vineyard's natural voice, producing a wine with a distinctly stony, saline quality that feels genuinely site-specific rather than house-styled.
Chassagne-Montrachet is one of the Côte de Beaune's most celebrated white wine villages, sharing the grand cru Le Montrachet with its neighbour Puligny to the north. Premier cru vineyards here number over fifty, producing wines that tend to be broader and slightly more textural than Puligny, with an earthy, nutty richness sitting alongside the characteristic Burgundian minerality. The appellation also produces red Burgundy from Pinot Noir, though it is the whites — particularly at premier and grand cru level — that have made the village's reputation. Yield restrictions and the strict AOC framework apply, with premier cru bottlings required to display the climat name alongside the village.
The 2025 vintage in Burgundy remains a work in progress, with harvest only recently concluded and the wines still settling into their skins in cellars across the Côte d'Or. Early reports suggest a season that kept vignerons on their toes, though we're still waiting for the full picture to emerge as the wines complete their primary fermentation and malolactic conversion.
What we can say is that 2025 appears to be shaping up as a vintage that will require patience rather than immediate gratification. The reds seem to have good colour and structure, whilst the whites are showing promising acidity that should reward those willing to wait. We'd recommend holding fire on firm judgements until the wines have had proper time to show their true character, likely not until late 2026 at the earliest. For now, it's one to watch rather than one to declare.

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