Vincent Dancer Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot Blanc 2022

Domaine Vincent Dancer is a small but highly regarded Burgundian producer based in Chassagne-Montrachet, in the Côte de Beaune, best known for pure, mineral-laden Chardonnay wines.

Dancer began in 1996 with an annual production of 4000 bottles, sold mainly to négociants, and produced from family-owned vines that had previously been rented to relatives. Since 2003, this figure has increased to around 20,000 bottles. Since the portfolio includes over a dozen wines, only a few barrels made of each.

Dancer farms five hectares (12 acres) of vines, without the use of herbicides. He was the first producer in the village to gain organic certification for his vineyards. The hands-off approach follows in the cellar; wines are fermented with wild yeasts, aged in barrel for 12-18 months and bottled without fining or filtration.

From Chassagne-Montrachet Dancer makes village-level white, plus premier cru Chardonnay from Tête du Clos and La Romanée. A Pinot Noir is made from the premier cru La Grande Borne. In Meursault, Dancer releases a pair of Chardonnays from separate AOC Villages lieu-dits, and a Premier Cru Les Perrières,

A single barrel’s worth of Chevalier-Montrachet is bottled, and there are further Pinot Noirs from Pommard, Pommard Premier Cru Les Pézerolles, and Beaune Premier Cru Les Montrevenots.

THE VINEYARD .33ha planted at 20,000 vines per ha

SOIL Clay and Limestone

VINE AGE Planted in 2012

FERMENTATION & AGING Natural fermentation with no additions and no batonnage. Aged in used barrel for 12 months then racked into stainless tank for 7-8 months

Winehog 92-93: Dancer has also experimented with high-density planting, inspired by Lamy (like many others). This planting was done a decade ago in 2013, at a double density of 20,000 vines per hectare, which produces another type of taste profile. The rich acidity is deep and concentrated, although the minerality is not as powerful, as the vines are still young.