Duchesse de Magenta Abbaye de Morgeot — selected by the Guide Hachette
The Guide Hachette des Vins, an indispensable benchmark of French wine criticism for over forty years, has selected our Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru Abbaye de Morgeot for its annual edition. This distinction, awarded after blind tastings by an independent jury, represents major recognition for the estate.
The prestige of the Guide Hachette rests on the rigour of its selection process. Each year, thousands of wines are submitted to a panel of professional tasters who assess them blind, without knowing the producer or the price. Only wines judged remarkable reach the final selection. To appear in the Guide is to receive a mark of quality recognised by wine merchants, restaurateurs and discerning enthusiasts throughout France.
The cuvée Duchesse de Magenta bears the name of the wife of Marshal Mac Mahon, the first Duc de Magenta and President of the French Republic. It was she who, in the nineteenth century, helped structure the estate's vineyard and establish its reputation among the great Parisian tables. To this day, this cuvée embodies the heritage and the exacting standards of the family.
The selected wine is distinguished by its pale gold colour with green reflections, its complex nose blending white flowers, fresh almond and gunflint notes, and its broad, structured palate carried by a ripe acidity that gives it length and elegance. It is a wine for the table, an ideal companion to noble fish, shellfish and aged Burgundian cheeses.
This selection by the Guide Hachette joins the international recognitions already earned, confirming that the Duc de Magenta estate produces wines worthy of its exceptional terroirs. A source of pride for the family and for the entire team that works each day to perpetuate this tradition of excellence.
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