2021 Domaine Philippe Chavy Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles France the wine is racked into

the wine is racked into large Slavonian oak barrels for seven years

sourced primarily from their southern block

Double Guyot pruning

picking began a few days earlier than usual on 21 September and continued smoothly to its conclusion on 12 October

alcoholic fermentation begins with indigenous yeasts

2021 Domaine Philippe Chavy Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles France the wine is racked intoPhilippe, who is a cousin of Alain and Jean Louis, runs his domaine of 6ha less than it used to be after some leases expired from most unprepossessing looking premises, a long shed that looks as if it would be more at home in a light industrial zone. So I was not expecting too much when I tasted there for the first time in February 2021. I was mistaken! Philippes first vinification was in 1990, taken over entirely from his father in 2002. He is not