Domaine Bruno Clair has been based in Marsannay-la-Côte since Bruno Clair founded it in 1979, and few producers have done more to show what the appellation's individual lieux-dits can offer. The family farms around 27 hectares using sustainable and organic practices, and bottles several single-vineyard Marsannays alongside its grand and premier cru wines.
Les Grasses Têtes is one of Marsannay's best-known climats, a hillside vineyard named for the large boulders, the "fat heads", buried in its soils. This white is pure Chardonnay from vines averaging around 35 years old, grown on mostly clay-limestone soils at roughly 280 metres with a south-easterly aspect.
Aged in oak casks and foudres before bottling, it shows a pale golden colour and an expressive nose of white flowers. The palate is rich and fleshy, with acacia and subtle vanilla notes, and it has the structure and complexity to reward a few years in the cellar.
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