Puligny-Montrachet
Le Trézin 2019
One area in the central Côte de Beaune is devoted to the production of Burgundy’s great white wines including Puligny-Montrachet which is incontestably one of its most glorious examples…
Origin
Puligny’s soil is almost exclusively given over to the cultivation of Chardonnay grapes. The word “terroir” rarely carries the importance it does here; a difference of just a few metres is sufficient to create various nuances in the wines.
In the northern part of the appellation, just bordering on Saint-Aubin, the climat "Le Trezin" is located at the top of the hill, in a cool area.
Its name refers to a nearby spring or stream.
Viticulture
Grape variety: chardonnay
Soils: limestone brown on source rock.
Orientation: South/East
Surface area under vine: 0.2941 ha
Pruning: Guyot system
Yield: 28 hL/ha
Average age of the vine: 41 years old.
Vinification
Harvest date: 14 September 2019.
The grapes were handpicked.
At the winery: the whole bunches of grapes were gently pressed for 2½ hours. The temperature of the must was brought down to 12°C then was immediately transferred to barrels (450L) with no settling to preserve a maximum of lees. Long fermentation using indigenous yeasts for added complexity and freshness.
Ageing
Maturation: aged for 17 months with no racking or stirring to bring out all of this wine’s minerality. A proportion of 50% new French oak barrels.
Barrels: French oak barrels that had been toasted at low temperatures for a long time to impart a subtle, delicate touch of oak were used.
Bottling
Bottling: the wine was bentonite fined and very gently filtered before being bottled using gravity in April 2021.
Number of bottles: 1,137.
Vintage
A legendary vintages?
According to Grégory Patriat, this second harvest at the Ursulines winery will go down as a legendary vintage just like 1969, 1979, 1999, 2009, and 2019, because the concentration in the wines is very high indeed. Years with drought and low yields are always great vintages in Burgundy. We had some new premier crus come online last year, with three in Chambolle-Musigny, one in Gevrey-Chambertin, and one in Nuits-Saint-Georges; Le Clos des Argillères. Furthermore, we revived our tradition of producing white wines in villages better known for their reds, with a white Fixin.
Ageing potential: 7 years and more.
Tasting notes
The color is pale yellow with pretty green reflections. The very elegant nose will seduce you with its intense aromas of white fruits and acacias, associated with smoky notes. On the palate, the wine is on the freshness, with a very nice salinity, revealing minerality and a very good length.
