Puligny-Montrachet
Cool continental
Home of Chevalier-Montrachet and part of Montrachet: taut, mineral, long-lived Chardonnay.
Overview
About Puligny-Montrachet
Puligny-Montrachet added the name of its greatest vineyard to its own in 1879. Its Grand Crus are Le Montrachet (shared with Chassagne-Montrachet), Bâtard-Montrachet (also shared), Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet and Chevalier-Montrachet.
The wines are usually leaner and more precise than Meursault, with citrus, white flowers and a chalky minerality that can develop slowly over a decade or more. The village is almost entirely white.
Puligny-Montrachet is marked on the map.
France
Shaded: Côte-d'Or. Map units are states, provinces or départements, so a smaller place appears as the larger area that contains it.
The land
Climate & terroir
Climate
Cool continental
Cool and semi-continental, with sun on the east-facing slopes. A little warmer than the northern Côte, with less risk of the coldest frosts.
Terroir & soils
What the vines grow in
Limestone and marl, with the Grand Crus on the mid-slope on stony, well-drained soil. Chevalier-Montrachet is the highest and stoniest, giving its fine, taut character.
Go deeper
Rules, years & producers
Puligny-Montrachet follows Burgundy's pyramid, and its Grand Crus are among the world's most celebrated white-wine vineyards.
Grand Cru
Le Montrachet and Bâtard-Montrachet (both shared with Chassagne-Montrachet), Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet and Chevalier-Montrachet.
Premier Cru
Including Les Pucelles, Les Combettes, Les Folatières and Le Cailleret.
Village
AOC Puligny-Montrachet, mainly Chardonnay.
What's grown here
Grapes
Each grape's page links back here.