Domaine JEAN PASCALPuligny-Montrachet
With plantings right across the appellation, including in some key 1er Cru, Domaine Pascal make archetypal Puligny.
Background
This 15 ha domaine is now run by Alexandra and Yann Pascal, a husband-and-wife team. They own vines in Puligny, Meursault, Auxey and Volnay. It’s been a couple of years since we’ve been able to visit and taste, so we’re very pleased to be working together again.
The quality here has taken a definite jump. Since 2018 the elevage has been extended, the whites now see around 9 months in barrel, new oak used sparingly, and 4 months + in tank on their lees, to gain complexity. A minimal filtration is carried out before bottling, and the wines are sealed with Diam corks. Alexandra told us that whereas 2019 was rich, 2020 was classical, remarkably so, despite the conditions. They enjoyed great weather from March to September, with a little rain here and there. They began harvesting for Crémant on the 17th of August and were all done by the 30th. Their earliest ever harvest. The warm, dry conditions had given healthy grapes with thick skins. Fermentations were trouble free, and Alexandra feels the wines have a subtle richness, but not at the expense of freshness or tension.
Current Vintages
| Whites | Vintage |
|---|---|
| Auxey-Duresses Blanc [Read More] 28-year-old vines on limestone and clay. Spicy citrus fruit. High volume, mouth filling- expansive stone fruits and lime, tight and intense. Good structure, quite serious as it grips the gums before finishing with the twist of lime I often find in this cuvée. Lovely wine which should be great by summer 2023 and develop for several years. | 2020 |
| Puligny-Montrachet [Read More] This comes from 3.5ha in seven sites spread right across the appellation, giving a classic Puligny-Montrachet. Vines average 44-years old. 20% new oak. Fleshy white fruits, pure and racy, nice definition and intensity here. Lime cordial attack, saline structure, good tension: this is tightly wound, it holds its shape into a finish of white peach and flowers. | 2020 |
| Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Chalumeaux [Read More] The Pascal vines are in the top corner of this 1er Cru, which has a little more soil over the limestone than Hameau de Blagny and gives a little more flesh to the wines. 47-year-old vines. 25% new oak. Aromatic white peach and flowers, a touch of almond. Tight and restrained attack, before it expands and shows more body and flesh over the mid palate and on the long yellow fruit finish. | 2020 |
| Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Chalumeaux MAGNUMS [Read More] The Pascal vines are in the top corner of this 1er Cru, which has a little more soil over the limestone than Hameau de Blagny and gives a little more flesh to the wines. 47-year-old vines. 25% new oak. Aromatic white peach and flowers, a touch of almond. Tight and restrained attack, before it expands and shows more body and flesh over the mid palate and on the long yellow fruit finish. | 2020 |
| Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Hameau de Blagny [Read More] High on the slope, with very thin, poor soil over limestone, this is a vineyard which gives mineral wines. 42-year old vines. 25% new oak. That white fruit nose, but here a touch of red fruit as well. Immediate, intense, it’s textured but lighter and tighter than the Chalumeaux, with a more obvious spine of minerality, one can sense the altitude, concentrated, racy, and long, with the finish opening to notes of peach and honeysuckle. | 2020 |
| Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières MAGNUMS | 2020 |
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