Benoit Ente Chassagne Montrachet Les Houilleres 2019 Bouteille (75cl)
The 2019 Chassagne-Montrachet Les Houillères from Domaine Benoît Ente is a white Burgundy wine made from 100% Chardonnay, produced in the village appellation of Chassagne-Montrachet in the Côte de Beaune. It comes from the lieu-dit Les Houillères, officially listed among the named vineyards of the appellation, thereby highlighting a precise single-plot origin within Chassagne-Montrachet.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Chassagne Montrachet
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Benoit Ente
- Parcelle / Cru
- Les Houillères
- Millésime
- 2019
Domaine Benoit Ente
Domaine Benoît Ente is a family-run estate based in Puligny-Montrachet, in the Côte de Beaune. Benoît Ente and Coralie Ente work a vineyard divided into 23 plots, spread across the lower slopes, the village and the hillsides of Puligny. The estate produces, in particular, Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet wines, made from organically certified grapes.
- Owner
- Benoît Ente
- Maître de chais
- Benoît Ente
- Surface (ha)
- 6.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
Domaine Benoît Ente is part of the history of the family vineyards in Puligny-Montrachet, part of which originated with Benoît Ente’s grandparents. Benoît Ente joined the family estate in 1990 and worked alongside his aunt; at that time, the harvest was sold as must to Louis Latour. In 1997, following the reorganisation of the family estate, the vineyards were divided between Benoît Ente and his brother Arnaud. Benoît Ente began his independent venture with the 1998 vintage and released his first bottles from the 1999 vintage onwards. After his aunt ceased operations in 2013, he also took over the vines she had been tending, gradually expanding the estate to around 6 hectares. The current vineyard comprises 23 plots, mainly in the commune of Puligny-Montrachet. The Chassagne-Montrachet plot, originally planted with Pinot Noir, was replanted with Chardonnay by Benoît Ente in 2005. Benoît Ente now runs the winery and oversees the winemaking, whilst the estate is presented to the public alongside Coralie Ente.
Les Houillères
Les Houillères is a Village-level climat located north of Chassagne-Montrachet, near the border with Puligny-Montrachet and close to the grand crus. The Climats de Bourgogne dossier identifies it in cadastral section AH of Chassagne-Montrachet. Producer sources describe a clay-limestone terroir situated between 230 and 250 meters of altitude. The southern exposure indicated by Morey-Coffinet concerns its 0.82-hectare plot and is therefore not generalized to the entire climat.
- Vineyard commune
- Chassagne-Montrachet
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name refers to vines established on damp or wet ground.
- Altitude
- 230–250 m
- Soil
- Clay-limestone soils.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.450000 ha
- Indicative vine age
- Plot replanted with Chardonnay by Benoît Ente in 2005, after having been planted with Pinot noir.
Histoire de la parcelle
Les Houillères appears as a lieu-dit or climat of Chassagne-Montrachet in the application dossier for the Climats of the Burgundy vineyard, based on the 1966 cadastre. Its name, formerly associated with the dampness of the ground, is still used as a complementary geographical denomination for wines under the AOC Chassagne-Montrachet Village appellation.
