To simplify your search for emotional wines, I have decided to compile a list of the top emotional producers in each appellation. Comments and thoughts The list contains producers that regularly score an emotional rating, and they are ranked in three levels. I hope this proves useful; …
Puligny Montrachet Les Caillerets
Domaine de la Pousse d’Or: The Past Embraces the Future
La Pousse d'Or occupies a strange blind spot in my Burgundian mind, as the greatness of its historic efforts and its rebuilding under Patrick Landanger was just getting under way when I began to collect Burgundies in the mid- to late-1990s. I never really knew the old estate management under …
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Visit to Domaine Jean Chartron – tasting the 2019s from cask
Domaine Jean Chartron is one of the prominent, historic landowners in Puligny-Montrachet, having owned several of its holdings for more than 100 years. Last month I had the pleasure of meeting Jean-Michel Chartron, who is now running the estate with his sister Anne-Laure Chartron …
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Terroir Insight: Domaine Chartron Clos du Cailleret
One of the best 1ers crus in Puligny-Montrachet is Le Cailleret, which neighbours both Montrachet and Chevalier-Montrachet - or does it? It's a unique cru. Previously a place to make red Puligny, it is today a complex collection of plots with part - actually two parts - now included in …
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Visit Domaine Jean Chartron – tasting the 2018s from cask
Back at Domaine Jean Chartron - one of the old, prominent estates in Puligny-Montrachet - to taste the 2018s from cask with Jean-Michel Chartron. Jean-Michel Chartron in May 2019 Domaine Jean Chartron - revealing the potential in 2018 Domaine Jean Chartron has a long historical background, …
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