Domaine Sauzet Bienvenues Batard Montrachet 1995 Bouteille (75cl)
The 1995 Domaine Sauzet Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet is a white Burgundy wine from the Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet climat, a Grand Cru located in the commune of Puligny-Montrachet. Made exclusively from Chardonnay, it belongs to an appellation reserved for still white wines. This cuvée expresses the identity of a Côte de Beaune Grand Cru and of Domaine Sauzet, in a 1995 vintage that has now reached maturity.
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 Sauzet
- Parcelle / Cru
- Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet
- Millésime
- 1995
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.
Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet
Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet is a physically delimited climat of Puligny-Montrachet, also constituting a Grand Cru Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée reserved for white wines. It occupies the lower part of the slope, with an east and south-east exposure, at an altitude of approximately 250 meters. Clayey colluvium, relatively poor in limestone pebbles, covers a Callovian subsoil of slab limestones, which favors drainage.
- Vineyard commune
- Puligny-Montrachet
- Exposure
- East to south-east
- Slope
- Lower part of the slope
- Soil
- Irregular clayey colluvium, fairly poor in limestone pebbles
- Subsoil and geology
- Middle Jurassic slab limestones, Callovian stage
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.170000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Grand Cru owned by the estate
- Indicative vine age
- Single plot near Les Pucelles, planted in 1936 according to Justerini & Brooks.
Histoire de la parcelle
In the 18th century, the wines from the "Bienvenues" climat still appear to have been grouped with those of Montrachet or Bâtard. A court ruling in 1921 established the hierarchy of the grand crus of Puligny-Montrachet, and then the plot area of Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet was individualized and recognized under the "grand cru" designation in 1939.
