Domain Sauzet Montrachet 2015
Domaine Sauzet Montrachet 2015 is a white Burgundy wine from the Montrachet appellation, classified as a Grand Cru. Crafted exclusively from Chardonnay, it comes from the Montrachet parcel. This grand cru is produced on the Montrachet climat, whose area spans the communes of Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet, in the heart of the Côte de Beaune.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Puligny Montrachet
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Sauzet
- Parcelle / Cru
- Montrachet
- Millésime
- 2015
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine Sauzet
Domaine Étienne Sauzet is a family-run estate based in Puligny-Montrachet, in the Côte de Beaune. Its 15-hectare vineyard is spread across Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet and Cormot-le-Grand, in the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune. Émilie Boudot, the founder’s great-granddaughter, and her husband Benoît Riffault now run the estate.
- Owner
- Famille Boudot-Riffault
- Maître de chais
- Benoît Riffault
- Surface (ha)
- 15.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
Étienne Sauzet founded the estate in Puligny-Montrachet in the first half of the 20th century, starting with vines he had inherited and subsequently expanding through further acquisitions. He gradually developed the estate, which, according to industry sources, reached just over 12 hectares by the middle of the century. On his death in 1975, his granddaughter Jeanine and her husband Gérard Boudot took over the management of the estate. A division of the estate’s assets in 1991 then significantly reduced the vineyard’s original area. Since then, the estate has supplemented its own vines by purchasing grapes for certain cuvées. Émilie Boudot joined the business from the 2000 vintage onwards, followed by Benoît Riffault in 2002. Benoît Riffault gradually took charge of winemaking and succeeded Gérard Boudot in this role. The vineyard is now managed using biodynamic methods, under the responsibility of Émilie Boudot and Benoît Riffault.
Montrachet
Montrachet is a physically delimited climat and Grand Cru appellation shared between Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet. Its vines occupy a narrow, elongated strip, perpendicular to the slope, in a slight concavity in the lower part of the east- and southeast-facing hillside. The terroir combines red, clayey, calcareous, and very stony soils with Jurassic substrates differentiated by a fault. Its rapid drainage and nocturnal air drainage limit humidity and frost risks.
- Vineyard commune
- Puligny-Montrachet et Chassagne-Montrachet
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name comes from "Mont Rachet," understood as "bald mountain" or "barren mountain," probably referring to the sparsely vegetated promontory overlooking the site; "râche" is a regional term designating ringworm or scurf.
- Exposure
- East to southeast
- Altitude
- 250–270 m
- Slope
- Lower part of the hillside; strip perpendicular to the slope
- Soil
- Red, clayey, calcareous, very stony, and well-structured soils; locally lean and very stoney soils.
- Subsoil and geology
- Fault separating two sectors; Oxfordian marls rich in iron oxides over Bajocian/Callovian flaggy limestones, with locally highly fragmented Bathonian limestones.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Vineyard holding status
- Négoce: purchase of musts, with no vines owned in Montrachet
- Indicative vine age
- For the 2007 vintage, iDealwine indicates vines aged 65 years.
Histoire de la parcelle
The cru is attested as early as the 13th century in the form "Mont Rachaz." It truly took off in the 18th century under the impetus of the Clermont-Montoison family, lords of Chagny, and Thomas Jefferson placed it on par with Chambertin in 1787. Puligny and Chassagne appended the name Montrachet to their village names in 1878. A Beaune court ruling defined the appellation of origin in 1921, and the Montrachet AOC was subsequently recognized on July 31, 1937.
