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2020 Domaine Jean Chartron Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières

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June 18, 2023 - $76

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RATINGS

91-93Vinous / IWC

...fresh and delineated on the nose, scents of Granny Smith, kiwi fruit and a touch of wet limestone, reserved but with the energy to invite cellaring. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, spicier than Chartron’s other cuvées this vintage with more persistence on the finish. Excellent.

91Burghound.com

Subtle though perceptible notes of wood set off the vaguely exotic aromas of white peach, passion fruit and a similar array of floral elements. There is a bit more volume to the delicious middle weight flavors that flash a really lovely underlying tension on the youthfully austere bitter lemon-inflected finale.

90-92The Wine Advocate

...aromas of peach, bread dough, citrus oil and fresh herbs. Medium to full-bodied, lean and incisive, its delicately textural attack segues into a taut core and saline finish.

PRODUCER

Domaine Jean Chartron

Domaine Jean Chartron was founded in 1859 by a cooper named Jean-Edouard Dupard. He became the town mayor and is credited with coming up with the idea of adding the name Montrachet to Puligny, thereby creating a name that is now synonymous with the world’s most prestigious dry white wines. Jean-Michel Chartron runs the 33-acre estate today. The estate was larger at one time when it was part of the Chartron et Trebuchet negociant, which made less complex wines. But today the estate is a single business, with no connection to the former negociant. Wine Advocate wrote this in 2015: “Readers of this publication will already be aware that I am a big fan of the work that Jean-Michel Chartron is doing at his winery in the heart of Puligny…I find his wines to be complex, terroir/vintage expressive, perhaps you could say more "serious" without losing the sheer pleasure they give.”

REGION

France, Burgundy, Côte d'Or, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet, Les Folatieres

Les Folatieres is a 43-acre Premier Cru vineyard in the appellation of Puligny-Montrachet, in Burgundy’s Cote de Beaune. It is nearly in the center of the Premier Crus and is the largest Premier Cru in Puligny-Montrachet. Burgundy writer Clive Coates has written that “Les Folatieres is a fullish, meaty, mineral wine with plenty of weight of fruit and good grip – a typical Puligny premier cru in fact.”

TYPE

White Wine, Chardonnay, 1er (Premier) Cru

This white variety originated in Burgundy, but is now grown around the world. Its flexibility to thrive in many regions translates to wide flavor profile in the market. Chardonnay is commonly used in making Champagne and sparkling wines.