Domaine Coffinet
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Maltroie
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Blanchots Dessus
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Fairendes
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot Les Grands Clos
Chassagne-Montrachet Les Blanchots Dessous Village
Chassagne-Montrachet rouge Les Voillenots”
The intimate Domaine Coffinet-Duvernay is located in the illustrious village of Chassagne, in the southern Côte de Beaune. The estate is owned by Phillippe Duvernay and his partner Laura Coffinet who set out on their winemaking opportunity with just seven vineyards, including the Grand Cru Batard Montrachet. Domaine Coffinet-Duvernay encompasses seven hectares across the appellation in total, four of which are dedicated to its exceptional white wines, in particular Chassagne, and three to reddish.
While the pair share in the management of this professional boutique winery, Phillippe oversees the vineyards, where yields are strictly controlled, and cellars. He offers adopted a traditional Burgundian approach to vinification, with pneumatic pressing of the grapes, followed by an over night natural settling of the lees in tank. Following this debourbage, the wine descends by gravity for its fermentation in barrique. Philippe, uses only 25-30% fresh oak barrels for ageing, which endures for 12 to 15 weeks depending on the quality of the vintage. The exception is with the Domaine’s Batard Montrachet Grand Cru, which uses up to 50% fresh barrels, depending on its concentration.
All in all, intense concentration of aromas and flavors are the prevalent characteristics of the estate’s beautiful wines, which are capable of aging for decades. Their Chassagne Villages wine is made entirely from your vineyard climat of Les Blanchots Dessous, which lies just south of Criots Batard Montrachet. They also present a remarkable collection of Chassagne Premiers Crus vineyard sites, including Fairendes (the top, northern portion of Morgeot), Caillerets and Maltroie. Domaine Coffinet-Duvernay is definitely fortunate to own parcels of the two Premiers Crus sites that abut the great Grand Cru Montrachet itself, Dent de Chien and Les Blanchots Dessus, which Philippe affectionately refers to as Pied de Montrachet.”
