This wine is a bright gold color with greenish highlights, becoming moreintense with age. The bouquet brings together hawthorn blossoms, ripe grapes, marzipan, hazelnut, amber, lemon-grass and green apple. Milky (butter, hot croissant) and mineral (flint) aromas are common, as is honey. Body and bouquet blend into a subtle harmony. This wine combines grace with a well-defined character and a remarkable concentration.

Variety : Chardonnay

Color : White

Appelation : Puligny-Montrachet

Maturation : Up to seven years.

Serving suggestions : Puligny-Montrachet and its Premiers Crus are concentrated and well-bred. Their balance, aromatic complexity and purified style demand delicate but rich food. They are equally at home with poultry in sauce or veal fried with mushrooms. Their great distinction elicits a grateful response from fattened goose liver (foie gras), lobster, crawfish, and grilled or fried sea-fish. On the cheese board, its natural allies are goat cheeses, Reblochon, or soft-centered cheeses like Brie de Meaux. Serving temperature: 11 to 13 °C.

Vinification : After pressing, the juice is cooled to 10°C and allowed to settle for 24 hours. The must is then put in small oak barrels – no new oak for the Village wine and 25% new for the 1er Cru -- by gravity for a slow, low-temperature fermentation. The lies are stirred every 10 days or so until the secondary (malolactic) fermentation is completed. The wine is matured for 18-20 months, then carefully racked off and assembled for bottling unfined and unfiltered.