Pillot works with just 0.26 hectares of 30-plus-year-old vines in this ‘island’ of a vineyard, high up on the slope. In fact, this is one of Chassagne’s highest sites (above Les Grandes Ruchottes and around the same level as La Romanée). It’s a first-rate terroir, one of the finest in the commune, and on the same sweeping band of chalky, terres blanches soil that flows north towards the Grand Cru vineyards. Wines from La Grande Montagne can also be bottled under the name Tonton Marcel although I’ve never seen it done so. It’s a Chassagne terroir that gives the most Puligny-style wines, with more floral aromatics and a taught, cool structure. Sadly, there were just two barrels produced this year. Pillot notes that the ferments were long and languid this year, allowing the wine to develop extra complexity.