Chateau de Marsannay Marsannay 2003
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The Chateau de Marsannay is named after the town that houses it. It has 28 hectares of the best climates of the appellation Marsannay who made a request for classification in first growths to 13 of his lieudits. The Chateau de Marsannay has a wealth of land with plots in Chambertin, Ruchottes-Chambertin, Clos de Vougeot, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Bel-Air and Champeaux, Vosne-Romanée in Orveaux ... It also operates exclusive vineyards that Hospices have Dijon Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune. Olivier Halley, owner of Chateau de Marsannay and passionate Burgundy wine is one of the great founding patrons of Burgundy Climates Association classified as Unesco World Heritage 4 July 2015.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
Perched up in the northernmost position in the Côte de Nuits, Marsannay is the only appellation village of Burgundy to produce classified wines of all three colors: red, white— and rosé. The official Rosé de Marsannay earned its high reputation in the early 1900s.
Its reds, made of Pinot Noir, burst with red and black fruit and are consistently long on the palate. Chardonnays from Marsannay are charming, floral and full of citrus fruit and mineral. Top Marsannay vineyards include Clos du Roy and Les Longeroies.