Puligny-Montrachet

"Au Paupillot"

GRAPE VARIETY:
Chardonnay
Soil:
Clay and limestone
Climat:
Benefiting from a land rich and strewn with pebbles, this climate where an underground stream flows «La Lauche» comes from the Latin Populus designating the Poplars.
Plot:
13a31 planted in 1974 located at the bottom of the hill on the outskirts of the village facing east/west.
Harvest:
By hand in small pierced boxes.
VINIFICATION & AGING:
Slow and gentle pressing during 4 hours, 24 hours settling and racking in 350 liter oak barrel for alcohlic fermenation with indeginious yeast. Aging on lees for 10 to 12 months and blending in stainless steel vats for 2 to 4 months.
TASTING:
Bright yellow color. Fresh nose, and fruity with mineral notes. On the palate, a beautiful freshness supported by a subtle minerality, followed by the greediness of a juicy flesh punctuated by a saline finish.