Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru les Folatières White 2021

Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru les Folatières Blanc 2021

Fréderic Cossard

Deep and dense, slightly smoky, with an airy grace, complex yet joyful, Les Folatières is a fine example of Chardonnay at its zenith. This Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru is distinguished, complex, powerful, and precise. It comes from one of the most famous vineyards in Puligny-Montrachet, located in the hills of the appellation. This clay-limestone parcel of Les Folatières takes its name from the follets or goblins who, it was said, would dance in these places shrouded in morning mists. It is planted with very old vines on clay-limestone soil that gives pride of place to clay, which enhances the wine's minerality. The age of the vines is also felt in the depth and structure of the wine, and likewise, it benefits from superb aging qualities.

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Through his entirely natural work, Frédéric Cossard gives voice to the terroirs and Burgundy wines, undeformed by agricultural chemicals. Having observed, during his years of trading, the existence of harmful wine-growing practices, the winemaker used this counter-example to practice unadulterated viticulture. Thus, he produces vintages of purity and elegance without artifice that are among the most sought-after in Burgundy. Frédéric worked as a wine broker for some time before creating the Chassorney estate with his partner Laure in 1996: initially a few ares of vines in Saint-Romain, Auxey-Duresses and Savigny-lès-Beaune, and currently ten hectares spread across the Nuits-Saint-Georges, Pommard, Volnay, Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune and Bourgogne appellations. In 2006, he created his own wine trading house and buys organic grapes to vinify, according to his style and convictions, great vintages such as Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet, Pommard, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Chambolle-Musigny, Vosne-Romanée and several Beaujolais crus. The practice is not limited to Burgundy since vintages are made from grapes purchased in the Jura or Languedoc. At his place, the work of the soil and the vines is done as naturally as possible: regular ploughing by horse, no addition of chemical fertilizers or weedkillers. The vines are cared for according to the principles of biodynamics: homeopathic treatments based on essential oils, copper and sulfur in minimal doses. The harvest is entirely manual, carried out at full maturity, at the end of October. Red or white, classic Burgundies or more atypical or less "regional" bottles, Frédéric's vintages are rare and coveted wines, which sometimes require waiting.