{"product_id":"puligny-montrachet-2024-domaine-etienne-sauzet-burgundy","title":"Puligny Montrachet 2024 Domaine Etienne Sauzet, Burgundy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere's not much to say about Puligny Montrachet from Sauzet - only that it's fantastic!\u003cbr\u003eBut to be honest, while we have visited on numerous occasions* and are always blown away by the quality, we  haven't tasted the 2024 vintage - we get allocated so little that we cannot justify tasting a bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWine Spectator said\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e92 Points - Delicate and silky, offering lemon, peach, hazelnut and pastry notes, this white is charming and expressive. Its vibrant acidity leaves a mouthwatering, mineral-tinged conclusion. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Parker's Wine Advocate says\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAromas of fresh citrus zest, pear and peach mingle with notes of white flowers and toasted nuts, introducing Sauzet's 2024 Puligny-Montrachet Village, a medium- to full-bodied, ample and satiny white with a bright spine of acidity and an elegantly mordant finish. It's a blend of seven lieux-dits dotted around the appellation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sc-gsVtoj LvGNj\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBenoît Riffault presides over this 15-hectare Pulingy-Montrachet reference point, and his 2024s have turned out very nicely. Opting not to chaptalize, with the exception of the Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune, the wines are pure and precise, with increasing texture and density as one ascends the appellation hierarchy. But what are the rudiments of winemaking at this address today? Hand-harvested fruit is pressed without crushing, the press cycle lasting around three and a half hours and performing \"quite a few\" rotations to crumble the marc. The must is sulfited at the end of the press and settled for 24 hours, but Riffault retains most of the lees, fermenting in wood with ambient yeasts. Larger formats, including foudres, now complement 228-liter Burgundian barrels. The wines are racked to tank in July-August before the new vintage, whereas the premiers and grands crus spend as much as six months on their lees before bottling. All of Sauzet's wines are bottled with high-quality unbleached natural cork.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis wine is NOT available to export outside Ireland. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Best ever was in 2010.  Our last vineyard to visit on that trip was Sauzet, and when Gerard Boudot heard that we were stuck in Beaune because of the Icelandic Ash Cloud, he opened a few more bottles of 1er cru Champ Canet.  Happy days! \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WebWines IE","offers":[{"title":"Bottle","offer_id":55358102569298,"sku":null,"price":130.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/1929\/9154\/files\/PulMontrachetEtienneSauzet.jpg?v=1793988107","url":"https:\/\/www.webwines.ie\/products\/puligny-montrachet-2024-domaine-etienne-sauzet-burgundy","provider":"WebWines IE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}