2018 PULIGNY-MONTRACHET, 1er Cru Champ-Canet, JM Boillot

Puligny Montrachet is the holy grail for anyone who loves fine (dry) white wine. A gently sloping hill above a sleepy village is the setting for wines bearing the revered name. Champs Canet is an interesting Premier Cru vineyard as it neighbours Meursault. Consequently it is reputed to produce a richer, more powerful style of Puligny.

Jean-Marc Boillot was born into a family of vignerons in Volnay in 1951. A family disagreement in 1984 prompted him to leave the family domaine and until 1988 he served as winemaker for the négociant Olivier Leflaive in Puligny-Montrachet. From 1985 he also began producing his own wines. The domaine’s headquarters were established at his grandfather´s house, “La Pommardière”, a dignified property next to the Château de Pommard. The most important stage in the accumulation of holdings was reached with the assertion of his right to one third of the Domaine Etienne Sauzet in Puligny-Montrachet in 1993. (Sauzet’s only daughter Colette had married Jean Boillot, making the three Boillot children Jean-Marc, Henri and Janine entitled to an equal share of the Sauzet estate). He has 11.5 hectares in total.

Will reach its peak around 2028.

Rich, but young. Ideally, decant an hour in advance.

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