Alvina Pernot - Puligny-Montrachet "Clos des Noyers Brets" 2023

Alvina Pernot has a new winery on Puligny's Rue de Bois, a facility that will give them all the space they need to master the élevage and, increasingly, the pressing of the fruit that produces their wines. After working for three years at her grandfather's Domaine Paul Pernot, Alvina and her husband, Philippe, set up a tiny domaine & maison in Puligny-Montrachet. In 2020, this label's most successful vintage to date, La Rue Aux Vaches was joined by another Puligny lieu-dit cuvée that's pressed in house, the Clos des Noyers Brets.

Pale lemon and lime. 40% in terracotta amphora, new this year. Currently noticeably reductive. There is more weight to this, a white fruit flesh on the palate, with significant length. Once the reduction and oak are harmonised, this will be excellent. Drink from 2027-2032. Tasted Oct 2024. 92 points, Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy.  100% Chardonnay.

What we say

"Alvina Pernot is one of the most exciting new producers to hit our shores. From a phenomenal winemaking family, her style is precise, elegant and delicately reductive."

Technical notes

Alvina and her husband favour earlier-picked fruit and higher-altitude parcels within the large Pernot holdings. For the debut 2018 vintage, Alvina Pernot used no new oak, with all wines aged on their lees, in used barrels mainly from François Frères, until they were racked for bottling.