Founded in 2010, Domaine François Carillon is the long-standing legacy of a family wine estate dating back to the 16th century in Puligny-Montrachet, a very typical wine village in the south of the Côte de Beaune - the most famous terroir of Burgundy for white wines. Situated in the heart of the village, the estate today owns and manages a vineyard of sixteen hectares in Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet and Saint-Aubin. The estate produces around seventeen (depending on the harvests) different appellations, mainly in Chardonnay. Given the small production, the white wines of François Carillon are mainly found in the best restaurants in the world. The Carillon family has been growing grapes in Puligny-Montrachet for almost 500 years. Ancient written sources found in Puligny tell of the life and work of Jean Carillon as early as 1520. His family continued to work the land and vineyard until the phylloxera crisis, which occurred at the end of the nineteenth century. Prosper and Jeanne Carillon were then forced to leave the region and work near Paris to provide for their needs, but soon returned out of love for the land and the vines. After the First World War, the entire estate was replanted. In the 1960s, polyculture and cattle breeding were abandoned in favor of the almost exclusive cultivation of Chardonnay by Louis Carillon. François began tending the family vineyards in 1988, working with his father Louis and brother Jacques until 2010, when the estate was divided between the two brothers. Since 2010 and the creation of his own wine estate, François Carillon has become a renowned reference in Puligny-Montrachet for the refinement of his wines. Supported by a dynamic and close-knit team of ten people, François uses his energy and enthusiasm to constantly increase the quality and elegance of his products, thus pursuing the development of the family business with the same enthusiasm as in his early days. He ensures the future of the vineyard by passing on his know-how and love for his work to his four children. The Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Macherelles offers notes of pear, nutmeg and stone fruit, followed by a medium to full, rich but lively palate. Texturally rich, concentrated and structured from the beautiful 2017