Domain Sauzet Les Combettes 2002
Le Domaine Sauzet Les Combettes 2002 is a white Burgundy wine produced by Domaine Sauzet in the Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru appellation. Made exclusively from Chardonnay, it comes from the Les Combettes climat, one of the 17 climats classified as Premier Cru in the appellation. This Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru thus expresses the identity of a renowned lieu-dit in the Côte de Beaune, located in the commune of Puligny-Montrachet.
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Puligny Montrachet
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Sauzet
- Parcelle / Cru
- Les Combettes
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.
Les Combettes
Les Combettes is a Premier Cru classified climat of Puligny-Montrachet, located north of the village, bordering the Meursault vineyard and facing the Premier Crus of Charmes. The slope faces south-east, between 249 and 264 meters in altitude, with an average announced slope of 9%. The clay-limestone soils, rich in silts, sands, and clays, contain numerous angular stones of light limestone. A documented part of the climat rests on Pierre de Chassagne, a light and very hard limestone.
- Vineyard commune
- Puligny-Montrachet
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The BIVB links "Les Combettes" to the Gaulish word "combe", which designates a hollow or a valley.
- Exposure
- South-east
- Altitude
- 249–264 m
- Slope
- 9% on average
- Soil
- Very stony clay-limestone soil, rich in silts, sands, and clays
- Subsoil and geology
- Pierre de Chassagne, very hard light limestone, documented on part of the climat
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.961000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- owner
Histoire de la parcelle
Les Combettes was already among the "first cuvées" of Puligny in the classification published by Doctor Jules Lavalle in 1855. The climat is now officially recognized as a Premier Cru complementary geographical denomination of the AOC Puligny-Montrachet, an appellation established in 1937.
