Domaine Etienne Sauzet

Gerard Boudot, son-in-law of the late Etienne Sauzet, is one of the star winemakers of this appellation, now supported by his daughter Emilie and her husband, Benoit Riffault. This small, 8 hectare, bio-dynamically farmed domaine, produces wines of great definition and style and are highly sought after. The wines are left on their lees for 10 months with 20% new oak for Puligny Village. Farmed organically since 2006, the family subsequently moved to bio-dynamic status in 2010. The 1er Crus receive between 20% and 33% new oak. They are some of the most sought after wines in the Puligny appellation and are famed for their elegance and intensity.

The colour is lemon and pale, quite limpid. The nose is quite forward yet with restraint and showing nuances of ripe white stone fruits, citrus and fine minerality. The palate extends these ripe flavours, showing a complex, rounded and full bodied core of ripe citrus and tropical fruits with a controlled, restrained and elegant oak veneer. A touch of cashew balances against the peach, nectarine and honeyed quality of fruit, but overall, the sensation is of a lean, tight and austere, yet powerful Puligny, that will expand greatly with age.

Try with Risotto with asparagus and St George's mushrooms.

Fermented and aged in 15% new oak