Domaine Alain ChavyPuligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Pucelles'
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mild and soft cheese.
Taste structure of the Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Pucelles' from the Domaine Alain Chavy
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Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Pucelles' of Domaine Alain Chavy in the region of Burgundy is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Pucelles' of Domaine Alain Chavy in the region of Burgundy often reveals types of flavors of apples, minerality or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or oak.
Food and wine pairings with Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Pucelles'
Pairings that work perfectly with Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Pucelles'
Original food and wine pairings with Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Pucelles'
The Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Pucelles' of Domaine Alain Chavy matches generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of rigatoni with courgettes and tomatoes, raw salmon marinade with vinegars or phad thai (thai style fried noodles).
Details and technical informations about Domaine Alain Chavy's Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Pucelles'.
Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay
Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Pucelles' from Domaine Alain Chavy are 2011, 2009, 2012
Informations about the Domaine Alain Chavy
The Domaine Alain Chavy is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Pucelles' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Pucelles'
The wine region of Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Pucelles' is located in the region of Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vincent Girardin or the Domaine Jean Chartron produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Pucelles' are Chardonnay et Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Pucelles' often reveals types of flavors of butter, grapefruit or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, vegetal or honey.
The wine region of Burgundy
Absolute reference for great terroir wines: opulent, mineral Chardonnay in whites (chiselled Chablis, buttery Meursault, majestic Montrachet), fine and silky Pinot Noir in reds (full-bodied Gevrey, structured Pommard, delicate Volnay). Exceptional age-worthy wines with complex notes - red fruits, undergrowth, butter, hazelnut. Some lively Aligoté and light Gamay (Mâconnais). 29,500 ha, 84 tiered AOCs (Régionale, Village, 1er Cru, Grand Cru), 1,247 UNESCO Climats.
The word of the wine: Faded
Said of a wine that has lost its brilliance and depth. It can also be used to describe the nose of an old wine that has lost its aromatic freshness.
