Appellations
Grand Cru · Côte de Beaune
Bâtard-Montrachet
Puligny-Montrachet · white · 12
Downslope of Montrachet, on deeper ground, and the broadest of the family.
Under the vines
Deeper and heavier, with more clay, at the foot of the slope.
In the glass
Rich, powerful and generous; arrives sooner than Chevalier and does not go as far.
Why it sits here
Straddles the Puligny–Chassagne boundary, like Montrachet above it.
Commonly misread
Its name, which means bastard. The folklore about an illegitimate son is charming and unsupported.
Names worth knowing
Domaine Leflaive, Ramonet, Étienne Sauzet, Blain-Gagnard, Vincent Girardin