Domaine Henri Boillot Puligny Montrachet Folatieres 2013 Bouteille (75cl)
The 2013 Domaine Henri Boillot Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières is a 1er Cru white Burgundy wine from the Les Folatières parcel within the Puligny-Montrachet appellation. It is made from 100% Chardonnay. The Wine Advocate awards it 88-90/100 and advises drinking between 2017 and 2024. The review describes a lively bouquet with citrus accents, marked by aging that includes 50% new oak, followed by a well-defined palate.
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 Henri Boillot
- Parcelle / Cru
- Les Folatières
- Millésime
- 2013
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine Henri Boillot
Domaine Henri Boillot is based in Meursault, in the Côte de Beaune, and cultivates plots in Puligny-Montrachet and Volnay, amongst others. The family vineyard covers 19 hectares, divided between white and red wines, notably including the Clos de la Mouchère, a monopole in Puligny-Montrachet. Henri Boillot makes the white wines, whilst his son Guillaume is responsible for the reds.
- Owner
- Henri Boillot
- Maître de chais
- Henri Boillot (vins blancs) et Guillaume Boillot (vins rouges)
- Surface (ha)
- 19.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 120 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The Boillot family has been involved in agriculture in Burgundy since 1885. Henri Boillot’s grandfather, also named Henri, was the first in the family to work the vines; his son Jean developed the estate. Henri Boillot joined the business in 1975 and became the winemaker. He set up a wine trading business in 1995 under the name Maison Henri Boillot. The first phase of cellars and a vinification facility was built in Meursault in 2000. In 2005, Henri Boillot bought out his brother and sister’s shares, enabling him to retain full ownership of the family estate. Guillaume Boillot then joined the estate in 2008; the cellars were extended in 2011, the year in which the estate also acquired vineyards in Puligny-Montrachet. Since 2012, Guillaume Boillot has been head of viticulture and is responsible for the vinification of the red wines, whilst Henri Boillot focuses on the white wines.
Les Folatières
Les Folatières is a climat officially classified as a Premier Cru of the Puligny-Montrachet appellation, in the commune of the same name. Its regulatory perimeter brings together the lieux-dits Es Folatières, En la Richarde dit Les Folatières, Peux Bois dit Les Folatières, and Au Chaniot dit Les Folatières. It occupies a central position on the mid-slope and features limestone, stony soils, notably mixing ochre earth and stones. The orientations and altitudes published often concern the entire appellation or specific plots of producers and are therefore not retained here as exact values for the entire climat.
- Vineyard commune
- Puligny-Montrachet
- Origin of the vineyard name
- According to a tradition reported by several domains, the name derives from the Old French "Foletière", a place haunted by goblins or will-o'-the-wisps, with a connection to the Latin "follis", meaning bellows.
- Soil
- Limestone and stony soils, described as a mixture of ochre earth and stones; clay-limestone character reported by several operators.
Histoire de la parcelle
Les Folatières appeared under the form "Es Follatières" among the climats of Puligny studied by Jules Lavalle in 1855, who placed it in the second cuvée. The climat is today registered in the specifications of Puligny-Montrachet among the denominations that can accompany the Premier Cru mention; the specific plot area of the premiers crus was approved by the INAO on May 17 and 18, 1984.
