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Domaine Alain Chavy Continued

WINEMAKING PHILOSOPHY

Once the grapes arrive in the cellar, Alain inoculates for fermentation in barrel. Alain uses up to 15% 400-liter oak puncheons in combination with up to 25% new 228-liter Burgundian pièce for aging. Bâtonnage is kept to a minimum and malolactic fermentations tend to start late and are slow to complete, perhaps because of cold temperatures in the underground cellar. Alain Chavy has the distinction of possessing the deepest cellar—5.5 meters deep—in Puligny. The high water table of the village makes it difficult to dig a cellar and most of Puligny’s cellars are above ground. Alain seeks to produce structured and long-lived white Burgundies. He prefers restrained wines that express terroir, with ripe fruit flavors and good minerality.

Owned by : Alain Chavy Winemaker : Alain Chavy

Founded in : 2003 Region : Burgundy Country : France Wine : Domaine Alain Chavy, Bourgogne Blanc Domaine Alain Chavy, Chassagne Montrachet Blanc 1er Cru La Maltroie Domaine Alain Chavy, Chassagne Montrachet Blanc Les Chenes Domaine Alain Chavy, Chassagne Montrachet Blanc Grand Cru Domaine Alain Chavy, Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru Domaine Alain Chavy, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Champs Gains Domaine Alain Chavy, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clavoillons Domaine Alain Chavy, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Charmes Domaine Alain Chavy, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières Domaine Alain Chavy, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles Domaine Alain Chavy, Puligny-Montrachet Domaine Alain Chavy, Saint-Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly

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