DOMAINE LAMY-CAILLAT
Chassagne-Montrachet
Domaine Lamy-Caillat is the secret garden of two passionate and talented bourguignons: Sébastien Caillat and Florence Lamy.
This tiny estate of Lamy-Caillat and 1.2 hectares was founded in 2011 when the couple took over vineyards from an elderly neighbor who was looking to find winegrowers that would take good care of these terroirs.
Florence Lamy, daughter of René Lamy, and Sébastien Caillat also manage Florence’s family domaine: Domaine René Lamy-Pillot. While the Lamy-Pillot wines are crafted in an accessible style, the couple wanted to attempt something more artisanal and minimally processed with their micro-domaine.
The meticulous Sébastien Caillat devotes immense attention to every detail; from vineyard to bottling nothing is left to chance.
Since the domaine’s LAMY-CAILLAT first vintage, improvements have been constant and each vintage has been better than the last! The vintage 2013 in particular marks a turning point at this relatively new, yet already inescapable, Chassagne-Montrachet address.
In the Vineyard
Deeply rooted in Chassagne-Montrachet, Domaine Lamy-Caillat only produces white wines.
“Small plots, Great care” is the motto here.
To produce great wines, Sébastien and Florence Caillat work very closely with nature. Throughout the seasons they pay close and constant attention to their plots. This meticulous care helps their vines to produce their very best.
In the Cellar
The desire of Sébastien and Florence to get back to basics influences their vinification methods, which are both natural and traditional.
Artisanal winemaking and, above all, long élevage is what defines this domaine, with the wines spending two winters on the lees before bottling by hand after natural clarification.
After pressing in an old mechanical press, the juice is transferred to barrel for fermentation after a brief settling. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentations proceed slowly in the domaine’s cold cellars. Since the 2013 vintage, the wines go through an extended period of maturation, spending as long as 28 months on their lees. After barrel-aging, all wines are transferred to stainless still vats for six months.
The wines are sometimes fined but never filtered, and bottling takes place directly from the barrel.
“Domaine Lamy-Caillat is the most exciting producer of white Burgundy that you’ve never heard of. ”
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
Les Champs Gains
Les Champs Gains is a vineyard adjacent to Les Caillerets that possesses moderately deep soils. This parcel was planted in 1980.
About only 750 bottles are made per year.
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
La Romanée
The vines here are on shallow soil, on well-exposed slopes with cool nights and hot afternoons. This parcel was planted in 1961.
About 1,400 bottles are produced per year.
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
Les Caillerets
Les Caillerets is a well-exposed vineyard with shallow soil of pebbly marl. The vines here were planted in 1960 and 1982. At its best—as in these cellars—it is a vineyard that can approach the depth and dimension of a grand cru.
About 3,500 bottles are produced per year.
Chassagne-Montrachet Village
This Chassagne-Montrachet Village comes from the lieu-dit of “Pot Bois”, located above Les Caillerets and oriented east. The vines here were planted in 1963.
About 1,500 bottles are produced per year.
Saint-Aubin Village
En l’Ebaupin
L’esbaupin is an interesting vineyard, out of sight of the village itself with hot days and cold nights. 2018 was the first vintage of this cuvee, made from vines planted in 2015.
Bourgogne Blanc
The Bourgogne is made from vines in plot called Grandes Corvées at the foot of Chassagne. Vines here are planted on heavy clay soil. This cuvee was first bottled for the 2017 vintage.
