2023 Puligny Montrachet Les Chalumaux

This is one of the highest-altitude sites in Alvina Pernot’s range, just below the Hameau de Blagny, overlooking Puligny and Meursault. Aged in a quarter new oak, it’s a real star of the line-up this year. The nose is elegant, expressive and profound yet delicate and pure, too. Flinty minerality works alongside generous fruit, with a backbone of pinpoint acidity. A wine of great concentration, this is lovely even now, but has everything needed to age beautifully.