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Domaine Gagnard-Delagrange was created in 1959 with the marriage of Jacques Gagnard to Marie-Josèphe Delagrange. After the death of Jacques Gagnard in 2009, the domaine retained 7.4 acres of vineyards and continues to be run by Jacque’s widow, Marie-Josèphe, and their grandson, Marc-Antonin Blain. Marie-Josèphe’s two son-in-law’s, Richard Fontaine and Jean-Marc Blain, handle most of the work in the vineyards while Marc-Antonin tends the cellar. Marc-Antonin worked in the cellar alongside Jacques for three years before his grandfather’s death and learned the traditional style that Gagnard-Delagrange is known for. The domaine originally included parcels in grand cru Bâtard-Montrachet and premier crus Boudriotte, Morgeot and Volnay Champans. In 1978 a small parcel of Montrachet was purchased from Paul Fleurot by Jacques and his father-in-law, Edward Delagrange. Most of the vineyards of Gagnard-Delagrange have been handed down to their two daughters (Laurence, married to Richard Fontaine; and Claudine, married to Jean-Marc Blain), including grand cru Le Montrachet which was divided between them. The domaine, however, retained 7.4 acres of premier crus in Chassagne-Montrachet as well as two small parcels that Marie-Josèphe tends herself: Chassagne Village and a small vineyard of Passetoutgrain called Les Farges.
