Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles – 2012
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Vineyard Profile
- Appellation: Burgundy
- Location: 3 parcels in Puligny-Montrachet of Les Pucelles
- Cultivation: 100% biodynamic
- Size: Total of 2.75 hectares (6.79 acres); le clos du meix: 26 ouvrées (2.77 acres), planted in 1981 and 1985; la grande: 29.5 ouvrées (3.12 acres), planted in 1954, 1957, 1958, 1961 and 1963; la petite: 8.5 ouvrées (0.91 acre), planted in 1969
- Soil: Calcareous clay
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Vintage Report
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Ripeness monitored parcel-by-parcel for optimal harvest date. Hand-harvested with grape sorting.
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Vinification
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Long, gentle pneumatic pressing, “débourbage,” or “settling of the juice,” over 24 hours; then racking and running the must into cask. Alcoholic fermentation in oak casks, 22% new (maximum 1/3 Vosges, minimum 2/3 allier). Matured 12 months in cask, then aged 6 months in tank and prepared for bottling. Homeopathic fining and very light filtering at bottling, if necessary
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Reviews
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Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles – 2012 – 93 – 95 points – The Wine Advocate
"…an energetic bouquet with very fine delineation: scents of cold limestone, apple blossom and flint…The palate is medium-bodied with a round, sensual opening. There is very good matiére here…honeysuckle-tinged finish that lingers long in the mouth.”