Puligny-Montrachet
Le Trézin 2020

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…

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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: 38 hL/ha
Average age of the vine: 42 years old.

Vinification

Harvest date: 27 August 2020.
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 40% 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 March 2022.
Number of bottles: 1,485.

Vintage

Balanced and concentrated
The harvests happened back-to-front! They began with the reds ripening before the whites. The harvest was very disease-free but we had to eliminate sunburnt berries, especially in the case of the Pinot Noir vines as the Chardonnays had coped better with the heat. Quality was definitely good, but relatively low juice yields has resulted in Pinot Noirs with high colour and aromatic intensity. On the other hand, the Chardonnay vines produced adequate yields with a good balance of sugar and acidity. This optimal ripeness enabled us to harvest the red grapes in certain plots according to the ‘vendange entière’ approach, where stalks are fermented along with the grapes.
'Lots of lovely colour in the reds, with very high polyphenol content, firm tannins and excellent levels of acidity. Looks set to be a year with great cellaring potential. Summer fruit coulis notes definitely have the upper hand in this year’s vintage! The whites are nicely-balanced, but it’s too early to be more precise. Watch this space…’ Grégory Patriat.
Ageing potential: between 6 to 10 years.

Tasting notes

The color is pale yellow with nice golden reflections. The very elegant nose will seduce you with its intense aromas of white peaches, apricots, associated with buttered notes. On the palate, the wine is rich and supported by a nice minerality.

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