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BLAIN-GAGNARD, Puligny-Montrachet 2023 Bottle
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Blain-Gagnard's Puligny-Montrachet
Blain-Gagnard's Puligny-Montrachet captures the clarity and precision that define this celebrated commune. Domaine Blain-Gagnard was formed in 1980 by Jean-Marc Blain and Claudine Gagnard, combining parcels inherited from the Gagnard family with meticulous viticulture and restrained winemaking. Their Puligny-Montrachet fruit comes from several small, well-sited plots, each contributing to the wine's quiet authority and balance.
Fermentation occurs in oak barrels, around a quarter of which are new, followed by gentle ageing on lees for up to 18 months. The approach favours texture and length over overt oak or weight.
Each vintage shows Puligny's hallmark interplay of citrus, white orchard fruit and a faint floral lift. On the palate, it builds depth through savoury mineral tones and a fine, tapering line of acidity. The result is a wine that speaks of its place: elegant, precise and built for graceful development in bottle.
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Domaine Blain-Gagnard is a small 8.50 hectare domain established in 1980 when Jean-Marc Blain (who came from the Loire Valley) married Claudine Gagnard, daughter of Jacques and Marie-Josèphe Gagnard of Domaine Gagnard-Delagrange and from which they inherited some of their vineyards. While they make some red Chassagne-Montrachet, Volnay and Pommard, it's their superb line up of Chassagne premier cru and grand cru whites that the reputation of this domaine is based including .46 ha Batard-Montrachet, .21ha of Criots-Batard-Montrachet and a tiny .08ha parcel of Montrachet.
Today, Jean-Marc has been joined in the winery by his son Marc-Antonin Blain who also took over the winemaking duties at Gagnard-Delagrange when his grandfather passed away in 2009 as well as starting his own domaine with 1.16 ha that his grandfather gave him in 2008! These are stylish wines with battonage (lees stirring) kept to a minimum to preserve acidity and purity and judicious use of oak from around 10% new for the village wines up to 30% for the grand crus.
