2022 Domaine Alain Chavy Bourgogne Blanc 750 ml

Domaine Alain Chavy farms 17 acres of vines, and they are in the choicest parts of Burgundy: Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet, and Meursault. This Bourgogne Blanc hails exclusively from young vines in Puligny, where wines command $75+ prices and the Premier Crus go well into triple digits.

The Chavy family has been in Puligny for almost 200 years. In 1976, after years of selling grapes to négociants, Alain, along with his father and brother, began to bottle wines under their own label, Domaine Gérard Chavy et Fils, which soon established itself as one of the top domaines in the village. They made so little wine that most was snapped up immediately on release by local restaurants and neighbors, leaving scant reserves for the rest of us. In 2003, the two brothers separated the holdings, leaving Alain with around seven hectares of white vines, including in Puligny’s top terroirs. 

Chavy’s estate possesses the deepest cellar (18 feet) in Puligny, which is tucked away behind his house just a minute’s walk from the center square. The village’s water table is so high that almost no other producer has managed to dig a proper cellar, and Chavy’s beautiful, arched cavern pays homage to its rocky surroundings. 

Harvested from Chavy’s Puligny vines, aged for a year in French oak, this is a stunner of a Bourgogne Blanc that more than outpaces its humble label. Don’t miss it.