Tension, energy, and heft are the descriptors for this exceptional 2012 Puligny-Montrachet Les Perrières from Henri Boillot. The nose offers a profusion of orchard fruits, white flowers, baking spices and mineral, while the textured palate unfolds layers of succulent orchard and citrus fruit, brown spices, and minerals. Unusually rich, this ’12 Puligny-Montrachet Les Perrières embodies the density of this low yield vintage, filling the mouth with its brocade-like texture. Deriving from grapes grown in Boillot’s parcel in Les Perrières, the grapes are crushed at low pressure to avoid bitterness;the must is cooled, and then fermentation takes place 350-liter barrels to retain freshness and minerality, where the wine rests for 19 months before bottling.
- Country: France
- Region: Burgundy
- Sub Region/Classification: Cote de Beaune
- Commune/Village: Puligny-Montrachet
- Vineyard: Les Perrieres
Domaine Henri Boillot has been in the family for five generations,while Maison Henri Boillot is the negociant estate that Henri started in 1984. The 35-acre Domaine Henri Boillot grows its grapes using sustainable agricultural practices, and Maison Henri Boillot only buys grapes from farmers who do likewise. Both estates produce wines that are world-renowned, sought-after, and deeply satisfying. In fact, Boillot’s entry-level wines sell as rapidly as his Corton Charlemagne or his Monopole Puligny Montrachet Les Moucheres, a 1er Cru that often surpasses or at least rivals Grand Crus in quality. Boillot picks and crushes the white wine grapes at low pressure to avoid bitterness. The must is cooled as quickly as possible to 8 degrees centigrade, and then fermentation takes place 350-liter barrels to retain freshness and minerality. The wines complete malolactic fermentation and are bottled after 18 months in barrel, all in the effort of crafting intense, beautiful, terroir-driving Burgundies. Year after year, Henri Boillot’s Pulignys are among the most prized and sought-after wines in the appellation.
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