Puligny Montrachet Les Champs Gains 1er Cru 2023

Tasting Note

Brilliant pale gold with green highlights. The bouquet shows mineral notes, white blossom, and grapefruit. On the palate, it is racy, full, and lively, with impressive complexity and persistence. Defined by finesse and elegance, it carries through to a refined finish.

The Champs Gains vineyard is located at an altitude of 330 metres, above the Montrachet and on the Meursault side. It is one of the most renowned “climats” of Chassagne-Montrachet. According to some geologists, Puligny’s geographic position imparts great elegance to its wines.

Food Pairing 

Flambéed king prawns, scallops, grilled salmon steaks, or sole fillets. 

Vinification

Grape variety: Exclusively 30-year-old Chardonnay vines
Surface area: 0.45 ha
Terroir: Very stony clay-limestone soil
Working method: Vines sown with grass - leaves thinned out
Maturing: 8 months in French oak barrels - 30% new oak
Production: 2,400 bottles/year