Arnaud Ente-Puligny-Montrachet-Les-Referts 2015
The 2015 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts from Domaine Arnaud Ente is a 100% Chardonnay white Burgundy from the Les Referts parcel. The Wine Advocate awards it 91/100 and recommends drinking between 2020 and 2035; Jancis Robinson scores it 17.5/20, with a drinking window from 2023 to 2033. Critics highlight a sleek, linear style defined by tangy freshness, a saline streak, precise fruit, and a long, balanced finish.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Puligny Montrachet
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Arnaud Ente
- Parcelle / Cru
- Les Referts
- Millésime
- 2015
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine Arnaud Ente
Domaine Arnaud Ente is a family-run estate based in Meursault, in the Côte de Beaune. It cultivates four hectares of vineyards and produces Burgundy wines, notably in the Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet appellations. Arnaud Ente now works alongside his son Pierre, who is committed to carrying on the family business.
- Owner
- Famille Ente (Arnaud, Marie-Odile et Pierre Ente)
- Maître de chais
- Arnaud Ente
- Surface (ha)
- 4.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 15 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
Arnaud Ente, the grandson of a winegrower, initially pursued a career in science before turning to viticulture. In 1992, he took over the vineyards of his in-laws in Meursault, where his father-in-law, Philippe Thévenot, was a winegrower. The estate was built up around these family-owned plots in the Côte de Beaune. Arnaud Ente subsequently expanded the business with his wife Marie-Odile, the daughter of a winegrower. The estate achieved organic certification in 2012, according to a professional profile published in 2019. Their son, Pierre Ente, who holds a BTS in viticulture and oenology, has joined the family business and is preparing to take it over. Arnaud and Pierre Ente are now involved in the vineyard work and cellar decisions. Since 2017, the estate has gradually introduced Wineglobe glass containers; the estate’s website states that, since 2023, these have been used for the vinification and ageing of white wines, as well as for the ageing of reds.
Les Referts
Les Referts is a climat officially classified as a Premier Cru of the Puligny-Montrachet appellation, located in the lower part of the slope. It borders Les Perrières in Puligny-Montrachet and is contiguous with the Premier Cru Les Charmes in Meursault, from which it is separated by the Chemin des Moines. Its exposure is south-east and its soils are described as clay-limestone, with marly earth in the upper part and a more ferruginous character towards the bottom.
- Vineyard commune
- Puligny-Montrachet
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name is related to "rêfe", a Bresse dialect term denoting land bristling with brushwood and rocks, which had to be cleared and stoned before planting.
- Exposure
- South-east
- Soil
- Clay-limestone soils; marly earth at the top, more ferruginous at the bottom
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.220000 ha
- Indicative vine age
- Kermit Lynch file: planted in 1965; Jasper Morris indicates replanting in 2010 and other sections subsequently pulled up for replanting.
