There is a rich nose to this, with full, fresh and lively yellow fruit and a greengage note. Very complete across the palate, with consistent weight and lots of crunch behind.
Jasper Morris, MW - Wine Buyer

There have been some changes in vinification this year, making the wines a little more Jean-Marc Roulot in style: the grapes are now crushed before pressing, there is less settling of the juice, very little new wood is used and the wines are racked into tank after a year but still kept on their lees. The grapes were picked during the last week in September. Overall, this is an excellent result for the team at Château de Puligny.

Burgundy 2012 Staff Favourite - White
Steel and white flowers on the nose, as you’d expect from this classic Puligny. Alix de Montille, Etienne’s sister, continues to weave her magic on the whites of this historic property. Mineral and intense on the palate, this a very pure example of Folatieres.
Fergus Stewart, Private Account Manager

A little touch of graphite reduction is very attractive here, with rich fruit in excellent balance with the acidity, the beautiful taffeta texture and great persistence. Bravo.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director

The Château de Puligny, run by Etienne de Montille on behalf of its owners for the previous decade, was purchased by Etienne and his sister Alix in 2012. They already knew what they wanted to do with the property: sell off the least interesting vineyards, switch a couple of cuvées across to their family domaine and concentrate on a more limited, coherent range of appellations for the château. As it happens, the range has been further reduced by hail. The estate is now certified organic, having been farmed biodynamically since 2005, and with the benefit of Alix’s proven skills as a white wine maker, the wines are already showing a greater sense of purity and definition.

Fine and pale, with a light green tint, this has just a hint of gunflint in it and a sense of greater weight. There’s an impeccable balance between the clay and the limestone, with beautiful integration of minerals and acidity, justifying its status as a senior Premier Cru. Very fine.

The progress we noted with the 2013 vintage here has been further developed with an excellent range of 2014 wines. Extra details apparent this year are the enhanced use of lees after racking and the minimal use of sulphur without risking oxidation. The Château de Puligny rises a further few notches up the ladder. Étienne de Montille notes that, in 2014, “there was super clean fruit and we could pick at leisure”.

Under Champ Gain and lower down, here the minerality of Champ Gain is amplified by richer fruit. A benchmark 1er Cru: assertive yet generous. Drink from 2008.