2018 Domaine Philippe Chavy Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles Izway Wines aged for 10 months in

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

 one of the wines of the vintage

15% four years-old

we harvested ripe and healthy grapes with good polyphenolic potential

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

2018 Domaine Philippe Chavy Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles Izway Wines aged for 10 months inPhilippe, 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