Puligny-Montrachet “Les Climats” AOC 2024

Wine description for Puligny-Montrachet “Les Climats” AOC 2024 by Thomas-Collardot

Character

A Chardonnay without make-up — saline, taut, with precise citrus fruit and a fine chalky texture. Domaine Thomas-Collardot stands for transparency rather than opulence, for precision rather than breadth. No buttered toast, no clouds of vanilla: what Jacqueline Collardot and her son Matthieu put into the bottle is Puligny in its purest form — cool, mineral, of quiet elegance.

Terroir & Origin

The domaine lies in the heart of Puligny-Montrachet, that village on the Côte de Beaune regarded worldwide as the benchmark for great white Burgundy. The family estate covers just 2.5 hectares — plots in vineyard sites such as Les Enseignères, Les Nosroyes and Hameau de Blagny. The vines go back to Jacqueline’s grandfathers; in 2010 she took the vineyards back from their tenants and has been vinifying herself since 2015. Certified organic since 2021, with an annual production of around 10,000 bottles.

Grape variety & Vinification

Chardonnay — here at 12.5% abv and vinified dry. In the cellar, a gentle hand rules: soft pressing, 24 hours’ settling, ageing in used 228-litre casks (pièces with two to four previous fillings). The village wines mature sixteen months on the fine lees, are only lightly filtered and never fined. Sulphur additions are largely dispensed with. The result: fine grain, always a dry, saline drive.

Food recommendations

The cool precision and saline minerality of this Puligny call for dishes of similar finesse: pan-fried sole with a light butter sauce, scallops on a bed of leeks, poached chicken with morels or fresh goat’s cheese from Burgundy. With a risotto with lemon and thyme, too, the wine shows its strength — it enlivens the table rather than dominating it.