2024 Domaine Chavy-Chouet "Les Folatieres" 1er Cru Puligny-Montrachet

2024 Domaine Chavy-Chouet 'Les Folatières' Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France | 100% Chardonnay

Domaine Chavy-Chouet is a seven-generation family estate born from the union of two distinguished Côte de Beaune dynasties — the Chavy family of Puligny-Montrachet and the Chouet and Ropiteau families of Meursault. The connection to Les Folatières is ancestral: the parcel was part of the inheritance that came down through Romaric's grandfather, a Puligny vigneron of long standing, and it remains one of the domaine's most prized holdings. Romaric Chavy, who took the reins from his father Hubert in 2014, began formal wine studies at just twelve years old, and refined his craft through apprenticeships at prominent estates before returning to Puligny to build something of his own. Under his stewardship, Chavy-Chouet has earned its place among Burgundy's rising names — a domaine whose wines are now tracked by serious collectors across three continents.

Les Folatières is one of Puligny-Montrachet's most celebrated Premier Crus — a vast, sweeping hillside that extends from the village boundary almost to the Grand Cru belt above, encompassing some of the most classically beautiful Chardonnay terrain in all of Burgundy. At its finest, it delivers the full Puligny repertoire without reservation: intense florals, crystalline mineral tension, vibrant acidity, and a finish that seems reluctant to end. It is also, in the right hands, a wine capable of a decade or more of graceful development. Domaine Chavy-Chouet's hands are very much the right ones.

The Folatières parcel covers just 0.3 hectares, with vines approximately 50 years of age rooted in the thin, stony soils of the mid-slope — poor ground by most agricultural measures, but ideal conditions for Chardonnay of concentrated, mineral-driven character. Yields are naturally limited by both the age of the vines and the austerity of the terrain. The grapes are whole-cluster pressed without crushing, settled for 18 to 24 hours, then transferred by gravity into barrel for fermentation with indigenous yeasts. New oak is capped at 20%, the lees are left undisturbed, and the wine is bottled unfined with only the lightest filtration where necessary — a winemaking philosophy built entirely around preserving what the vineyard provides rather than imposing upon it.

The 2024 vintage was, across much of Burgundy, a study in perseverance. A wet and challenging growing season demanded constant vigilance in the vineyard and precise timing at harvest, rewarding those who had put in the work. Romaric Chavy himself described 2024 as a white wine vintage in the tradition of 2004 and 2008 — slow to mature, but built to last. Independent assessment confirmed the Folatières as one of the vintage's standouts from the domaine: a wine of excellent power and balance, with the structural integrity to reward patient cellaring.

In the glass, the 2024 opens with an engaging, aromatic bouquet of intense florals — honeysuckle and white blossom — alongside ripe citrus, white orchard fruit, and toasted almond, with a persistent limestone minerality running through from nose to finish. The palate is vibrant and full of energy, combining the opulence one expects from a mid-slope Folatières with the taut, driving acidity that will carry this wine through a decade or more of development. The finish is long, focused, and finely etched, with a lingering saline note that is unmistakably Puligny.

Drink: 2028–2037