Domaine was established by Henri Prudhon who was born and raised as a vigneron in the village of Saint-Aubin since his birth in 1921. He and his wife, Marguerite, combined forces upon their marriage in 1945, putting their small vineyard holdings together to form the Domaine Henri Prudhon. Monsieur Prudhon was a force in his village, serving for many years as the Mayor of this lovely hamlet set just to the west of Puligny and Chassagne along Ro...
The Prudhon family vineyard holdings in Saint Aubin are significant and, as a result, working with virtually the entire range of their wines enables one to develop a profound understanding of the tantalizing terroir of Saint Aubin. Gerard Prudhon wisely undertook an expansion of the domaine’s holdings early in his career, acquiring terrific parcels in the neighboring village of Chassagne-Montrachet. In total, the domain encompasses 14.5 hectar...
The cellars at the Prudhon domaine are quite cool and the fermentations usually extend for a long period of time. The reds are destemmed and experience a cold maceration of just a day or two; then, the alcoholic fermentation proceeds for an additional ten to twelve days with pigeage and remontage occurring throughout, although the Prudhons purposely do not seek to achieve a “super-extraction” preferring to express the finesse and complexity of...
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