Maison Caroline Lestimé Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chaumes 2022
£79.45
The wine
Ample and rich in flavour, paired with excellent acidity. Concentrated with a fine finish.
Les Chaumes is a lieu-dit in Chassagne-Montrachet, the commune at the southern end of the Côte de Beaune whose reputation rests on white wine. The Puligny side of the commune gives the leaner, tauter wines and the southern end the broader ones, and knowing which side a lieu-dit sits on tells you most of what you need. Caroline Lestimé buys fruit rather than owning vines, but manages the vineyards herself and makes every picking decision, which is closer to a domaine than most négociant arrangements.
The producer
Maison Caroline Lestimé
View all Maison Caroline Lestimé winesCaroline Lestimé is one of Chassagne-Montrachet's most admired winemakers, long at the helm of the historic Domaine Jean-Noël Gagnard. Her house brings her refined, precise touch to a selection of white and red Burgundy from the Côte de Beaune.
Rooted in Chassagne, Lestimé's approach favours purity, balance and restraint. Careful farming and a light hand in the cellar allow the celebrated limestone terroirs of the Côte to express themselves with clarity and tension.
The range gathers characterful whites, from a nutty, mineral Savigny-lès-Beaune to serious Chassagne-Montrachet from the Champ Derrière and Les Chaumes lieux-dits, alongside a charming Hautes Côtes de Beaune red. Each carries her signature elegance.
Detailed, poised and finely judged, the wines of Caroline Lestimé are white Burgundy of real class. They reward the patient with grace and complexity.
