Alvina Pernot - Puligny-Montrachet "Clos des Noyers Brets" 2022

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.

The 2022 Puligny-Montrachet Clos de Noyers Brets has more concentration and depth on the nose than the La Rue Aux Vaches: wonderful, delineated scents of crushed stone, white flower and a hint of peach skin. The palate is fresh and saline on the entry, maybe more lime-infused than the last vintage. It is pretty malic towards the finish, which sustains longer than some of its peers. Impressive for a Village Cru. 92pts, Neal Martin, Vinous. 100% Chardonnay.

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"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."

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.

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."

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