The vine

• Plot /climat

  Les Folatières

• History

  This premier cru wine from the high slopes takes its name from the mist - or "follots" as it is locally called - which occasionally occurs in this location, one of the best known in Puligny-Montrachet.

• Soil

  A thin layer of clay and alluviums with a fair amount of limestone fragments.

• Our plot(s)

  60a08 planted in 1957,1961 and1962 on a slope of 10 to 15%, facing east.

The wine

• Description

  100% Chardonnay, handpicked, vinified and matured in oak casks.

• Taste

  Light in colour with a slight golden hue; on the nose it is a complex wine, powerful with white flower and honey aromas together with a mineral sensation; in the mouth it is at first full, then becomes richer followed by a clean saline finish and great length.

• Serving temperature

  12/14°C. It is recommended to decant recent vintages so as to enhance the aroma.

The vintage

• 2023 - An year of plenitude. The 2023 spring weather was unsettled, with many storms that fortunately did not have damage on the vineyards. Thanks to a high rainfall in August, grapes were numerous and juicy. We feared that achieving perfect maturity would be a challenge because of the high volume of grapes, but the fruits finished ripening and the aromas concentrated extremely fast thanks to an unexpected heatwave that hit us at the beginning of September. It is also around that time that harvest started (on the 5th of September). Yeast did transform sugar into alcohol at a relatively slow pace, alcoholic fermentation finished in December. While tasting, we get a dominance of fruit driven aromas and a gourmet, elegant vintage. We note that 2023 is more refined than 2020 vintage for both reds and whites. What a blessed vintage!