Puligny-Montrachet

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Puligny-Montrachet is the white Burgundy epicentre — a small village of 230 hectares of vines whose name is virtually synonymous with the pinnacle of dry Chardonnay. The village sits at the foot of the Côte de Beaune escarpment, where a tightly stacked band of limestone, marl, and clay terraces rise from the village level up to the tree line. Puligny shares the 8.01-hectare Le Montrachet Grand Cru with Chassagne to the south, and holds sole title to Chevalier-Montrachet (above Montrachet on the slope) and Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet, plus half of Bâtard-Montrachet. Below the Grand Crus, a cluster of celebrated Premier Crus — Les Pucelles, Les Combettes, Les Folatières, Les Perrières, Champ Gain — deliver wines of stony precision that often rival the Grands Crus in age. Domaine Leflaive is the village's foremost name; their holdings across all four Grand Crus and the major Premier Crus set the benchmark for finesse and longevity. Etienne Sauzet and Louis Carillon are the other pillars. At auction, Puligny commands some of the highest per-bottle averages of any appellation in the world, driven by chronic under-production and global demand.

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