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Domaine Paul Pillot

2012 Domaine Paul Pillot, Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru, Les Grandes Ruchottes

France Chardonnay Burgundy Chassagne-Montrachet Les Grandes Ruchottes Premier Cru 750ML

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2012 Domaine Paul Pillot, Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru, Les Grandes Ruchottes
Domaine Paul Pillot

2012 Domaine Paul Pillot, Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru, Les Grandes Ruchottes

France Chardonnay Burgundy Chassagne-Montrachet Les Grandes Ruchottes Premier Cru 750ML

Wine Advocate

90-92
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One of the most prestigious white wine estates in Burgundy, Paul Pillot today is run by Paul's son Thierry who has elevated the quality in the vineyards and the cellar to extraordinary heights. His wines are benchmark wines of purity and finesse.

Domaine Paul Pillot

Founded in 1900 by Jean-Baptiste Pillot, today the 4th generation is in charge in the form of the inimitable Thierry Pillot. While his great-grandfather was a cooper by trade, today the wines see very little new oak influence, rather letting the vineyards do the talking. Thierry's model in the vineyards is a completely hand-worked style, allowing the vines' canopies to reach higher toward the sun and spread, allowing increased photosynthesis and thereby the grapes being able to ripen earlier and more completely.

In the cellar, Thierry intervenes as little as possible - the wines are fermented in barrel (350L and 500L) with native yeasts, where they will remain for 12 months before spending 6 months in stainless steel prior to bottling.

The red wines have become increasingly delicious - Thierry will retain 20-60% of the whole clusters and still use very little new oak (around 10%). Increasingly hard to find, Thierry's wines are undoubtedly singular and worth seeking out.

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Domaine Paul Pillot

One of the most prestigious white wine estates in Burgundy, Paul Pillot today is run by Paul's son Thierry who has elevated the quality in the vineyards and the cellar to extraordinary heights. His wines are benchmark wines of purity and finesse.

Founded in 1900 by Jean-Baptiste Pillot, today the 4th generation is in charge in the form of the inimitable Thierry Pillot. While his great-grandfather was a cooper by trade, today the wines see very little new oak influence, rather letting the vineyards do the talking. Thierry's model in the vineyards is a completely hand-worked style, allowing the vines' canopies to reach higher toward the sun and spread, allowing increased photosynthesis and thereby the grapes being able to ripen earlier and more completely.

In the cellar, Thierry intervenes as little as possible - the wines are fermented in barrel (350L and 500L) with native yeasts, where they will remain for 12 months before spending 6 months in stainless steel prior to bottling.

The red wines have become increasingly delicious - Thierry will retain 20-60% of the whole clusters and still use very little new oak (around 10%). Increasingly hard to find, Thierry's wines are undoubtedly singular and worth seeking out.

The Wine Advocate

Wine Advocate

90-92

The 2012 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Grandes Ruchottes is a tad more reticent than the Les Caillerets but it opens nicely with lime flower and fresh pear scents. The palate is nicely balanced with a fine citric core of fruit, touches of dried apricot and quince; then eases down toward a refined, quite feminine finish. Thierry and Chrystelle Pillot presently run Domaine Paul Pillot. As you might guess, their family is related to that of Domaine Fernand & Laurent Pillot (digging around Jasper Morris’s indispensible “Inside Burgundy” their respective branches stem from Alphonse Pillot, born in 1901.) I have been enjoying this domaine’s wines for a number of years now and their 2012s are studded with some excellent wines.

What the Critics are Saying

The Wine Advocate

Wine Advocate

90-92

The 2012 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Grandes Ruchottes is a tad more reticent than the Les Caillerets but it opens nicely with lime flower and fresh pear scents. The palate is nicely balanced with a fine citric core of fruit, touches of dried apricot and quince; then eases down toward a refined, quite feminine finish. Thierry and Chrystelle Pillot presently run Domaine Paul Pillot. As you might guess, their family is related to that of Domaine Fernand & Laurent Pillot (digging around Jasper Morris’s indispensible “Inside Burgundy” their respective branches stem from Alphonse Pillot, born in 1901.) I have been enjoying this domaine’s wines for a number of years now and their 2012s are studded with some excellent wines.