The terroirs of Puligny-Montrachet
Puligny is a large and prominent appellation, with four white Grand Crus and some very prominent 1er crus. Only half of Montrachet and Batard Montrachet are located in Puligny-Montrachet – the rest is in the Chassagne-Montrachet appellation.
Puligny-Montrachet vineyard articles
- Red Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles ? or a red Les Caillerets? Some of the famours and best terroirs producing our beloved white Burgundies have actually produced red wines if one goes some decades or a century back. Gradually the production of red wines in the Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet appellations have been reduced, as Pinot Noir vines have been replaced by Chardonnay. Some of this development was perhaps initiated ...
- Montrachet – the historic evidence and the expansion in 1921 If one look at the old sources the area and borders of the Montrachet vineyard were not very clear and well defined, and it was not until 1921 Montrachet found it’s current size and borders. The current size of Montrachet is 7.998 ha divided almost equally between Chassagne-Montrachet (3.9873 ha) and (4.0107 ha) in the Puligny-Montrachet ...
- Terroir Insight: Bouchard Chevalier-Montrachet La Cabotte One of the iconic wines from the extraordinary vineyard Chevalier-Montrachet vineyard is La Cabotte made by Maison Bouchard Pere et Fils. Bouchard makes two wines on Chevalier-Montrachet a “regular” cuvee and then the special cuvee called La Cabotte .. from a plot just above the Montrachet holdings of Bouchard. A special wine indeed and one of the ...
- Chevalier-Montrachet Les Demoiselles and the 1861 classification dateOne rarely see plots, sections or vineyards promoted to Grand Cru in Burgundy – the classification is very stable although some changes have been seen over the years. La Grande Rue was promoted to Grand Cru in 1992 and Clos des Lambrays was promoted to Grand Cru in 1981. In 1929 a part of Chambolle Musigny ...
- Les Demoiselles – Puligny 1er cru and part of Chevalier-Montrachet The vineyards in Burgundy are numerous, and some are not even included in detailed maps over Burgundy. One of these vineyards is Puligny-Montrachet 1er cru Les Demoiselles. I tried to find the location on my trusted standard map – the Atlas Vins app for iPad – made by the Sylvain Pitiot and Pierre Poupon – but ...