Domaine Paul Pillot Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Champs-Gains 2019

Les Champs-Gains lies close to the village just under En Cailleret. Pillot notes that Les Champs-Gains is less stony than his parcel in Les Mazures and that he always picks early here to keep the tension. The deeper clay profile of the soil, and 45-years-old vines, bring genuine depth and texture, yet as the note below makes clear there is more than enough freshness and mineral drive to balance the delicious waves of fruit. “Still a light green touch, but good grip as Clive Coates would have said. Lively and delicious, with minor reductive notes. Fresh yellow fruit, very good energy. Length and a classy finish. Perhaps my preferred Champs-Gains this year.” 91-94 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy