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Domaine Bachelet-Monnot

Brothers Marc and Alexandre Bachelet, with a combined age of about 52 years, began this operation in 2005 by signing a long-term rental agreement for the entire ten-hectare Jean-Pierre Monnot domain, which includes important holdings in Puligny-Montrachet as well as a good bit of pinot noir, mostly in Maranges. They constructed a new and airy cuverie behind the family home, where they practice a long, reductive elevage, aging their wines in barrel for a year and then moving them to cuve, still on their lees, for another six months. They normally stir the lees until the malos finish, then less frequently for another following month or two. They use a good bit of new oak-about 50% for their premier crus and somewhat more for their Batard and Bienvenue-and prefer a long, soft toast to the barrels, which they believe allows the wines to avoid taking on a torrefaction character. The brothers attracted considerable attention in the French press for their glyceral-rich maiden vintage, 2005, but the '06s may well be finer, as the amount of lees stirring and the percentage of new oak have been slightly reduced. Alexandre told me that they did a bit of acidification in both vintages "when needed, and only during the fermentation." This is a new producer to follow.

From 2006 and 2005 White Burgundies (Sep 2007) by Stephen Tanzer

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2005 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatieres

Release Price: $72

Color: White

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