2018 Domaine Philippe Chavy Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles Izway Wines Early flowering and mild summer

Early flowering and mild summer weather provided excellent growing conditions

aged for 10 months in old Domaine de la Romanée-Conti barrels

was quite cold with average temperatures around 24°C and heavy rainfall in mid-August

which had suffered from the previous year's drought

we harvested ripe and healthy grapes with good polyphenolic potential

2018 Domaine Philippe Chavy Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles Izway Wines Early flowering and mild summerPhilippe, 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