2021 Domaine Philippe Chavy Puligny-Montrachet Corvees des Vignes Volume:750ml The beginning of spring (March)

The beginning of spring (March) showed temperatures which tended to be higher than the average with a slightly earlier start of budding

Fermented in tank as 75% destemmed fruit with 25% whole clusters

not so high

and silky tannins

GRAPE VARIETY Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso

2021 Domaine Philippe Chavy Puligny-Montrachet Corvees des Vignes Volume:750ml The beginning of spring (March)Philippe, who is a cousin of Alain and Jean Louis, runs his domaine of 6ha less than it used to be after some leases expired from most unprepossessing looking premises, a long shed that looks as if it would be more at home in a light industrial zone. So I was not expecting too much when I tasted there for the first time in February 2021. I was mistaken! Philippes first vinification was in 1990, taken over entirely from his father in 2002. He is not