ALAIN CHAVY

Alain Chavy Puligny Montrachet

• Alain Chavy focuses on expressing the distinct character of Puligny-Montrachet’s limestone-rich soils, resulting in wines that are precise, age-worthy, and true to their origins.
• This white Burgundy is known for its refined structure, showcasing crisp acidity, flinty minerality, and subtle oak integration, emphasizing purity over opulence.

Alain Chavy Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les 4 Climats

• This wine is a rare blend of four Puligny Premier Cru climats—Champs Gain, Les Folatières, Clavoillons, and Les Pucelles (combined in a single cuvée due to frost‑reduced yields in 2021).
• Champs Gain and Folatières contribute a pronounced mineral backbone and freshness.
• Clavoillons lends weight and texture, while Les Pucelles adds elegance and body.

Alain Chavy Puligny Montrachet Les Charmes

• This cuvée is a single vineyard wine coming from the lieu‑dit “Les Charmes”, situated at the border between Puligny‑Montrachet and Meursault Premier Cru Les Charmes.
• It comes from several small parcels planted between the 1950s and 2017 on stony clay–limestone soils, lending a unique richness, salinity, and textural nuance reminiscent of Meursault but balanced with Puligny’s elegance.

Alain Chavy Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Champ-Gain

• Champs Gains sits on higher slopes, above Folatières, at around 360 m elevation. Its shallow limestone soils yield leaner vines and wines defined by stony minerality and tense acidity.
• Alain keeps batonnage minimal, and uses ~25% new oak to allow the terroir to shine through.

Alain Chavy Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Clavoillon

• Alain Chavy’s Clavoillons parcel was planted in 1953, making it one of the oldest at the domaine.
• Situated just below Les Folatières on shallow, broken limestone soils, its deeply rooted vines produce wines which are rich in saline minerality and vineyard expression.

Alain Chavy Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatieres

• Les Folatières is the largest and most emblematic Premier Cru in Puligny, perched high on the slope with shallow, well-drained limestone soils.
• Chavy’s parcel yields wines with pronounced minerality, firm structure, and well-balanced acidity—its depth and tension make it his personal favorite among his Premier Crus.

Alain Chavy Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles

• “Les Pucelles” sits adjacent to the Grand Crus Bâtard‑Montrachet and Bienvenues‑Bâtard‑Montrachet, nestled on shallow limestone-rich soils similar to Clavoillons.
• Chavy’s vines there were planted around the early 1990s and benefit from deeply rooted roots in high-quality subsoils, producing white wines of transparency, tension, and distinguished terroir character.

Alain Chavy Chevalier Montrachet 2022

• Alain Chavy only has one barrel per year (around 300 bottles).
• This is extremely rare and an intense expression of Puligny's best terroir on steep, chalky, high-elevation slopes.