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Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard

Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard is a Chassagne-Montrachet domaine run by Richard Fontaine and his daughter Laurence (now Fontaine-Lamy), with holdings spanning grand crus—Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet, Bâtard-Montrachet, and a small parcel of Le Montrachet—and a deep range of Chassagne premiers crus. The domaine was created from the partition of the Gagnard-Delagrange estate in 1985. The range is white-wine dominant: 367 lots at $199 average with prices reaching $2,629. Montrachet is the top wine at auction ($646, 36 lots, 2018 peak), followed by Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet ($251, 85 lots, 2018 peak) and Bâtard-Montrachet ($250, 46 lots, 2013 peak). The Cailleret premier cru is the highest-valued within the Chassagne tiers at $220 (12 lots). The 2018 vintage across the Côte de Beaune was the domaine's recent breakthrough year, with multiple cuvées achieving their highest auction prices in that vintage. The Fontaine-Gagnard style favors ripe, expressive Chardonnay without excessive oak—clean, precise, and ageworthy.