The vine

• Plot /climat

  La Garenne

• History

  In the Middle Ages, "garenne" referred to a wooded area where hunting was reserved for a lord or a monastery. This climat is classified as Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru for the white wines, and Blagny 1er Cru for the red wines.

• Soil

  Soil : The soil is thin and stony, resting on a subsoil of limestone slabs.

• Our plot(s)

  22a 15ca. Altitude between 360 and 380 meters. Southeast exposure. The plot is located at the top of the slope, near the woods and the summit of the hill.

The wine

• Description

  100% Chardonnay from handpicked grapes; vinified and raised in oak casks.

• Taste

  Location and altitude give to the wine great liveliness, with aromas of white flowers, almond, and flint. Its structure, which harmoniously combines freshness and precision, reveals its full potential after a few years of aging.

• 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!