Located in the north-central part of AOC Chassagne-Montrachet. Approximately 250m above sea level. Vineyard facing southeast. Limestone pebbles and clay soil. Shallow topsoil, rich in minerals. Vines 15-30 years old. Barrel fermentation and barrel aging 100%. Michel Coutoux is the son-in-law of Michel Niyon, a top producer in Chassagne-Montrachet. Coutoux was born in 1969 to a family of wine growers in Touraine, and graduated from agricultural school in Beaune in 1987. He then worked as a stager at Guy Amiot for two years and at Bernard Morey for six months. During that time, he met Niyon's second daughter and married her in 1991. He currently manages and operates Domaine Michel Niyon from the fields to the winemaking process together with his father-in-law, who has announced his retirement. Thanks to his work at this prestigious domaine, he got to know neighboring wine growers, and using those connections, he established this micro-négociant specializing in white wines in the Cote de Beaune. "In my work as a négociant, I don't go into the fields myself, but I know very well who is doing a good job in which fields. I know all the producers in Chassagne-Montrachet in particular," he asserts. By signing long-term contracts with these excellent wine growers, he is able to purchase grapes of the highest quality consistently. Fermentation and aging are carried out in his own cellar. A powerful and concentrated wine. 1997 was the first vintage. Annual production is only about 20 barrels.