100% Chardonnay.
Colour: Elegant and bright gold color with greenish highlights.
Bouquet: Delicate nuances of hawthorn blossoms, ripe grapes, marzipan, hazelnut, amber, lemon- grass and green apple. Milky (butter, hot croissant), honey and mineral aromas (flint).
Palate: Rich, with full expression of white-flesh fruit and great purity. Body and bouquet blend into a subtle harmony. This wine combines grace with a well-defined character and a remarkable concentration.
Can be served with delicate and rich dishes such as a beautiful fish fillet with beurre blanc or foie gras with brioche. It is also excellent with shellfish, pan-fried scallops, chicken liver pâté, rabbit terrine and blue creamy cheese.
Like all white Burgundies of this quality, This Premier Cru Les Perrières should be served at a cellar temperature of about 10 to 12° C. (50-54°F.)
This wine can be opened now or kept in the cellar for 7-8 years.
Puligny-Montrachet is incontestably one of the most glorious representatives of the Côte de Beaune great white Burgundies. Bordered on the north by Meursault and by Chassagne-Montrachet on the south, the vineyards of Puligny are almost exclusively planted with Chardonnay grapes. The word “terroir” rarely carries the importance it does here; a difference of just a few metres is sufficient to create nuances in the wines. 100 hectares are classified as Puligny Premier Cru. « Les Perrières » refers to the numerous stone quarries that once existed in this location. Workers worked where once known as “perriers” hence the vineyard's name.
The grapes were handpicked. The grapes were sorted a first time in the vineyard and a second time when they arrived at the winery. At the winery: the whole bunches of grapes were gently pressed for 2½ hours, the stem used as a drain to promote the flow of the best juices. The temperature of the must was brought down to 12°C. and then was immediately transferred to barrels with a selected racking but no settling to preserve a maximum of good lees. Long fermentation. In the cellar: aged for 14 months with no racking or stirring to bring out all of this wine's minerality. A proportion of 35% new French oak barrels that had been toasted at low temperatures for a long time to impart a subtle, delicate touch of oak were used.
This 2022 vintage promises to be one of great quality. We had a rather rainy November, December and January, and February and March were rather cool, which slowed down the emergence of the buds and in turn prevented the frost problems that we had last year. May was very, very hot providing great flowering conditions. June was then a little chaotic weather wise, as we had some warm mornings and then with violent storms after midday, sometimes with hail. However, at least nothing really bad in our Burgundy. The harvests started in Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits around 29 August, which is still relatively early and we had to deal with diverse levels of ripening. Some parcels really stood up to the heat and have given wonderfully ripe grapes. Of course, everything was conditioned by how the vineyard was managed and the amount of exposure. But overall, we had wonderful wines from these parcels, from other parcels which experienced more dehydration. The very high temperatures meant a greater halt in ripening, giving grapes a little less ripe, so we had to wait to harvest them. By the end of August, we already had fabulous colour extraction and the acidity was very well balanced. All this allowed to be very confident, heading for a great vintage.In the Chablis area, some winegrowers started harvesting as August was ending, but most of them started harvesting in the first days of September. The harvesters were relatively unaffected by the rains, which fell either in the late afternoon or at night. The foliage, which was still in good health, benefited from it. Thanks to the rain, juice concentration was limited and the bunches of grapes were able to provide a good balance between sugar content and acidity. The harvest concluded the third week of September with a smile: neither the frost nor the drought prevented the vineyards from producing close to normal yields. However, the volumes harvested varied from one domain to another, with some estates easily reaching full production while others were below the appellation's yield. Wines in the making are expressing notes of ripe fruit, pear and peach, while keeping their freshness. They are generous and have a good balance. Quality is definitely there as well. After a year 2021 disturbed by a poor harvest, this 2022 vintage is a real breath of fresh air.
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