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Wine Description
The Story
Puligny-Montrachet, along with Chassagne, is the most perfect expression of the Chardonnay grape. The appellation was created in 1937 on « terroirs » separated by only a few metres from the Grands Crus. The white wines have well-defined personalities and an established reputation. The plots which adjoin the hamlet of Blagny produce an excellent red wine from the Pinot Noir grape.
The vines in many cases occupy brown limestone soils, or soil...
Wine Information
“Louis Jadot has always let its land and the terroir speak for themselves. The less we try to control them the better the wines are and the longer we can enjoy them.”
Passion is a word that is bandied about among most winemakers to describe their relationship with wine and its production. The word is unfortunately rather overused. As no matter how hard you try to find the sort of red-faced enthusiasm that comes from passion and the feeling ...
Vintage 1998
1998 VINTAGE in Burgundy
The 1998 vintage was born under good auspices and has real potential. In spite of the occasional capricious weather conditions, the harvest has given us wines full of promise ? some fruity and seductive, others meaty and more structured.
After brief cold spells in January and February, the vines enjoyed temperatures above the seasonal average in March. This mild weather was interrupted by cold and rainy condition...
