2024 Henri Boillot - Puligny Montrachet Pucelles (750ml) [PRE ARRIVAL]

Puligny-Montrachet lies just north of Chassagne-Montrachet, sharing two of its grand crus, Le Montrachet and Bâtard-Montrachet, while holding Chevalier-Montrachet and Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet entirely to itself. Amid this exalted company, Henri Boillot has built a reputation as one of the village's most respected growers, a legacy that traces to his grandfather's founding of the domaine in the early twentieth century and was carried forward by his father, Jean. Henri took over in the 1970s, eventually buying out his siblings in 2005 and renaming the estate Domaine Henri Boillot to distinguish it from his brother Jean-Marc's separate domaine in Pommard. He continues to make the whites himself, aiming for wines that are taut, pure, and precise, while his son, Guillaume, has taken charge of the reds since 2012.

Les Pucelles ranks among Puligny-Montrachet's most prized premier crus, and the domaine's holding here spans 57 ares of Chardonnay vines averaging 56 years old. The site tends to ripen with both high sugar and high acidity, a combination that gives the finished wine unusual tension. The grapes are hand harvested and vinified with minimal intervention, aged in a mix of new and used oak, and bottled to preserve the site's natural energy and salinity.

The wine shows a pale lemon color, with aromas of peach, white flowers, honeysuckle, and citrus layered over saline minerality. The palate is medium-bodied and energetic, tightly coiled with fine persistence and a long, mineral-driven finish. It pairs beautifully with lobster, scallops, or rich fish in butter sauce.