Domaine Baron Thenard Montrachet Grand Cru / 750 ml

The Thenard family bought all of the Clos de Vougeot and then sold it in order to purchase 1.83 hectares of Montrachet in 1870. They have two different vineyard sites, both on the Chassagne side of Le Montrachet. Both parcels have and marl and stoney soil and one parcel faces east and the other faces south. The average vine age is 48 years old and some of the vines were planted as far back as 1945. Thenard is the second largest land holder of Montrachet and is the largest holder on the Chassagne side.