Domain Auvenay Les Enseigneres 2014
The 2014 Domaine d’Auvenay Les Enseignères is a white Burgundy wine from the Puligny-Montrachet appellation in the Côte de Beaune. Classified as a village appellation, it comes from the Les Enseignères lieu-dit and is made exclusively from Chardonnay. This 2014 vintage expresses the identity of a Puligny-Montrachet parcel-designated cuvée signed by Domaine d’Auvenay.
The bottle offered
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Wine details
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Puligny Montrachet
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine D'Auvenay
- Parcelle / Cru
- Les Enseignères (Puligny Montrachet)
- Millésime
- 2014
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine D'Auvenay
The Domaine d’Auvenay is Lalou Bize-Leroy’s personal estate, situated around her fortified farmhouse in Saint-Romain, on the heights of the Côte de Beaune. Its 3.87-hectare vineyard comprises plots in the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits, planted mainly with Chardonnay, alongside Pinot Noir and Aligoté. The estate is managed using biodynamic methods.
- Owner
- Lalou Bize-Leroy
- Maître de chais
- Lalou Bize-Leroy
- Surface (ha)
- 3.90 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 8 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The history of Domaine d’Auvenay is linked to the Leroy family, who have been involved in the Burgundy wine trade since the founding of Maison Leroy in 1868. Lalou Bize-Leroy inherited the Domaine d’Auvenay with her sister upon the death of their father, Henri Leroy, in 1980. She bought out her sister’s share in 1990 and became the sole owner of the estate situated near Saint-Romain. The core of the vineyard consists mainly of family-owned plots in Meursault and Auxey-Duresses. Between 1989 and 1995, Lalou Bize-Leroy gradually expanded the vineyard by acquiring plots in the Côte de Beaune and the Côte de Nuits. These acquisitions included, in particular, plots in Les Folatières in Puligny-Montrachet, in Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet, in Chevalier-Montrachet, in Bonnes-Mares and in Mazis-Chambertin. The winery was refurbished in 1994. Lalou Bize-Leroy personally oversees the running of the estate and the winemaking decisions, continuing the biodynamic practices applied across her estates.
Les Enseignères (Puligny Montrachet)
Les Enseignères is a vineyard lieu-dit in the Puligny-Montrachet appellation, claimed at the Village level and dedicated primarily to Chardonnay. It is located immediately below the Grands Crus Bâtard-Montrachet and Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet. Several producers describe its soils as clay-limestone. The east or south-east exposure and the altitude range of 230 to 320 meters published by the BIVB apply to the appellation as a whole and cannot be attributed precisely to the entire lieu-dit.
- Vineyard commune
- Puligny-Montrachet
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name is attested in 1740 as "les Sensennières" and is believed to be linked to the lands of the Bishop of Sens, in connection with the Bishop of Autun, upon whom Puligny depended.
- Soil
- Clay-limestone soils, reported by several estates farming the lieu-dit.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 2011
- Vineyard holding status
- owner
Histoire de la parcelle
The toponym is documented as "les Sensennières" in 1740. In the late 1960s, Les Enseignères is said to have been presented to the INAO with a view to classification as a Premier Cru alongside Champ Gain; Champ Gain obtained this classification in 1970, unlike Les Enseignères, which remained at the Village level.
