2018 Domaine Paul Pillot Les Grandes Ruchottes, Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru, France 1.5L

2018 Domaine Paul Pillot Les Grandes Ruchottes, Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru, France 1.5L

$345.00
$375.00
Vintage
2018
Producer
Domaine Paul Pillot
Country: 
France
Region: 
Burgundy
Sub-Region: 
Cote de Beaune / Chassagne-Montrachet / Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru / Chassagne-Montrachet Les Grandes Ruchottes
Grape/Blend
Chardonnay
Pairing
Chicken and Turkey
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Tasting notes

The 2018 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Grandes Ruchottes is showing brilliantly, revealing an incipiently complex bouquet of lime, pear, waxy citrus rind, white flowers and freshly baked bread. Medium to full-bodied, concentrated and muscular, its textural attack segues into a lively, tensile mid-palate, before concluding with chalky grip. This is one of the wines that can rival its 2017 counterpart chez Pillot. (WK)

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Producer

Domaine Paul Pillot

Spotlight on Domaine Paul Pillot... As winemakers, the Pillot family dates back into the 1880s. Jean Baptiste Pillot, who was born in 1858 in Chassagne-Montrachet, cultivated a few vineyards towards the end of that century. After World War I ended, his two sons (Henri and Alphonse) starting running the estate, and acquired even more vineyards. Henri’s son Paul took over the reins in his early 20s and is credited with increasing holdings and buying more vineyards, including Caillerets and Grandes Ruchottes. Paul, who retired in 2004, has passed his skills on to his son, Thierry, who runs the ...
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