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Alvina Pernot - Puligny Montrachet Clos des Noyers Brets 2021

Alvina Pernot Description

When it comes to the wines of Puligny-Montrachet, the name that keeps coming up again and again is that of Paul Pernot, one of the village’s top growers and one of its most esteemed winemakers. Most of the vines on their estate were planted by Paul, grandfather to the current generation, in the late 1950s and 1960s. And the winery was among the first in Burgundy to adopt organic and sustainable farming practices, including the elimination of herbicides.

But it’s the genetic legacy of the vines, as Michel Pernot, the current winemaker, likes to point out, that make these wines so distinctive and collectible. There were no “clones” back when Paul was planting. And all the current plants are the result of massal selection (whereby the best plants are grafted onto new plants) carried out by the last two generations of the Pernot family.

To this day, roughly 80 percent of their fruit is sold to négociants and only the best grapes are used to make wines with the Paul Pernot label.

Alvina Pernot started her own label in 2018. She uses mostly fruit grown by her family in their historic, celebrated parcels. But she has also begun to purchase her own vineyards as her wines continue to wow critics and Burgundy collectors.

Where Paul Pernot remains a classic expression of white Burgundy, Alvina, one of Paul’s grandchildren, makes wines with a more contemporary style, farming at higher altitudes and picking earlier than most. The resulting wines are bright and vibrant in the glass with, as many critics note, wonderful approachability in their youth.

Vinous: 93 Points

"The 2021 Puligny-Montrachet Clos des Noyers Bret has quite a complex bouquet like the 2020 last year. Apple blosson mingles with Nashhi pear, hints of oyster shell and a distant tang of sea spray. The palate is well balanced with more depth than the Epée, a crisp bead of acidity with added spiciness towards the persistent finish. Drink: 2024-2038. (Jan 2023)" Neal Martin, Vinous Media

Decanter: 92 Points

First impressions of this wine include a lovely, expressive nectarine fruit aroma with an accent of acacia flower and a salty mineral tang. The structure is lively and dynamic, with bright acidity and lots of finesse. The grapes come from a .33-hectare parcel that Pernot has in metayage from her father located down-slope from Enseignères. The grapes are pressed as whole clusters and run into casks (primarily used) for ageing. This wine will drink on release but should hold for five years at least. Drinking Window: 2023-2030. (Oct 2022)" 92 points Charles Curtis (Decanter)

 
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92
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93

Price: $115.00

In Mixed Case: $97.75

Quantity Available: 6
Producer Alvina Pernot
Country France
Region Burgundy
Subregion Puligny Montrachet
Varietal Chardonnay
Vintage 2021
Sku 20974
Size 750ml
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