Chanterêves is the project of husband and wife Tomoko Kuriyama and Guillaume Bott, founded in Savigny-lès-Beaune in 2010 after careers at Etienne Sauzet, Simon Bize, and Weingut Altenkirch. Both trained in oenology—Tomoko in Germany, Guillaume in Burgundy—and met during harvest at Simon Bize, where their shared instinct for purity and restraint became the foundation of everything that followed. "We both like purity and elegance," Tomoko has said. They make wine by infusion rather than extraction, letting the fruit steep gently in its own juice; as The Feiring Line put it, wines of infusion "wash over you like a breeze instead of a heat blast." In 2020 they acquired 4.9 hectares of their own vines across Savigny, Chorey, and the Hautes Côtes de Beaune, and what began as a négoce has grown into one of the Côte de Beaune's most closely watched domaines.

The chardonnay for this premier cru comes from Les Chaumes, a lieu-dit within the larger Morgeot appellation in Chassagne-Montrachet, sourced under a long-standing négoce arrangement from a grower farming organically since 2012. Vinification follows the house white protocol: whole-cluster press over six hours, indigenous yeast fermentation with a pied de cuve, ten to twelve months in 228L and 600L used barrels, then a further period on the fine lees in stainless steel. No fining, occasional light filtration.

The 2024 vintage was lean but precise, as cool temperatures preserved acidity and aromatic focus. The wine shows the chalky minerality and citrus-driven tension characteristic of Les Chaumes: white nectarine, lemon pith, ripe pineapple, and a fine, saline persistence on the finish that reflects both the site and Guillaume and Tomoko's commitment to transparency in vinification.