Domaine Bachelet-Monnot 'Clos de la Boutière' 1er Cru Maranges 2022

This clos grows at a lower elevation than Fussière and borders Santenay’s Clos Rousseau premier cru. Surface is 3.5 acres and average age of vines is a respectable 65 years. The wine tends toward red fruit (Fussière tends toward black) and is a structured, old-vine creation. Production averages 800 cases annually. “Everyone is on the lookout for Burgundy’s next white-wine star (i.e., the new Pierre-Yves Colin Morey), and brothers Marc and Alexandre Bachelet, who created this property in 2005 from their father’s and uncle’s land, are quietly making a solid claim.Their low-key winery is in Dezize-lès-Maranges, at the southern tip of the Côte de Beaune, but their vineyards represent a great cross-section of Puligny, Chassagne and Meursault.Theirs is winemaking in the current, structure-minded style—lots of air for the juice, fermenting in larger barrels, finishing in steel. The wines have both character and precision, which is evident even in their village-level Puligny.” — JON BONNE, P