100% Chardonnay.
Colour: bright and shiny white gold.
Nose: aromas of citrus enhanced by delicately toasted vanilla notes.
Palate: fresh and light in the mouth, with a good minerality and discreet woody notes. The finale is long and charming.
Drink ideally at a temperature of around 12°-14°C (53-57°F).
6 to 8 years.
Puligny-Montrachet is a village on the Côte de Beaune, located in the area producing the finest white wines of Burgundy: the Golden Triangle, which is demarcated by the villages of Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet.
The village supposedly holds its name from the Gallo-Roman era, when the first people settled and named it Puliniacus - the marsh house. The second name "Montrachet" was attached only in the end of the 19th century, to have a link with the Grand Cru that can be produced in the village.
The appellation spreads on 211,46 hectares and produces almost only white wines. About a third of the appellation (98,18 hectares) is ranked "Premier Cru" and those Premiers Crus contain 17 different Climats. The village also produced 5 Grands Crus.
Grapes were harvested by hand and carefully sorted to respect our rigorous selection process.
Once at the winery, the grapes went in a bladder press: squeezed from the inside of the press, they received an equal amount of pressure, ensuring the best quality of juice with a minimal exposure to oxygen.
The vinification and ageing then took place in wooden vats and barrels with a proportion of 40% new oak that will give more structure to the wine and bring soft tannins as well as woody notes.
The wine was aged on lees for 10 months; keeping the lees and stirring them occasionnaly to developp the complexity and aromas of the wine.