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Burgundy

Domaine Chanson

Côte de Beaune

The Domain

Though modest in size, Chanson Père & Fils is one of the oldest of Beaune’s great négociant houses, having been founded in 1750 by Simon Verry. The Chanson family, already vineyard owners in Beaune, Savigny and Pernand, took control during the 19th century. In 1999 the company was sold to Bollinger, who appointed Gilles de Courcel to run the business in 2002. The company has kept its old headquarters and maturation cellars in the ‘bastion’, a late medieval stone tower which was one of Beaune’s principal fortifications, with a more modern vinification facility on the edge of town towards Savigny, built in 1974 and undergoing modernisation and extension between 2008 and 2010.
 

The Style

The wines are made by Jean-Pierre Confuron, of Domaine Confuron-Cotetidot in Vosne-Romanée, whose brother Yves supervises Gilles de Courcel’s family domaine in Pommard. The new team has made considerable improvements, beginning in the vineyards which are now ploughed and no longer fertilised. From 2009 the domaine vineyards will be organic. Unusually amongst the major négociants, Chanson reds are made with a good proportion of the stems included. The majority of the wines see about 30 per cent new oak during maturation, with François Frères favoured for red-wine barrels and Damy for white.   The Chanson domaine, increased to 45 hectares by some shrewd purchases in 2006, provides about a quarter of the company’s production which extends to Chablis, the Mâconnais and the Beaujolais. Its own vineyards are entirely in the Côte de Beaune.

    Maison Chanson
    Maison Chanson

    AT A GLANCE

    Château de Marsannay

    REGION OF PRODUCTION

    Burgundy - France

    APPELLATION

    Beaune, Pernand-Vergelesses, Bourgogne Régionale, Santenay, Mâcon

    FOUNDED

    1750 and by Bollinger in 1999

    VINEYARD

    43 ha

    CLIMATE

    Semi-Continental climate

    SOIL COMPOSITION

    Clay and marly limestone

    VARIETIES GROWN

    Pinot Noir & Chardonnay

    AGRICULTURE

    Practising organic faming.

    Domaine de Marsannay

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