{"product_id":"domaine-etienne-sauzet-la-garenne-puligny-montrachet-premier-cru-burgundy-france-2024","title":"Domaine Etienne Sauzet, La Garenne, Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru, Burgundy, France, 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview of the Wine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe history of this domaine dates to the beginning of the 20th century, when Etienne Sauzet inherited and bought several plots of vines in the village of Puligny-Montrachet. The vines passed through the family to Jeanine Boillot, Sauzet’s granddaughter. Jeanine and her husband, Gérard Boudot, managed the domaine, making many modernizations including improved vinification techniques and biodynamic farming. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToday the domaine has been passed to their daughter Emilie and her husband, Benoît Riffault, who continue to produce white wines that are among the most sought-after in all of Burgundy. Although the winemaking techniques have been modernized, M. Sauzet’s traditions of estate-bottling and of aging the wines on their lees for 10-12 months to “nourish them” are still respected and result in superbly finished, fruity, and full-bodied wines. After four generations, Sauzet is still synonymous with high-quality, elegant, Burgundian Chardonnay.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiodynamic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinemakers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmilie Boudot and Benoît Riffault\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrape \/ Blend\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e100% Chardonnay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBurgundy, France\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 2024 Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru “La Garenne” from Domaine Étienne Sauzet is an elegant and beautifully focused white Burgundy that captures the freshness, finesse, and mineral precision of this elevated vineyard. Delicate aromas of white flowers, lemon blossom, green apple, and ripe pear unfold alongside subtle notes of crushed limestone, flint, and toasted hazelnut. The palate is vibrant and finely textured, offering layers of citrus zest, white peach, and crisp orchard fruit, supported by lively acidity and a distinctive chalky minerality. A graceful balance of richness and tension carries through to a long, persistent finish marked by refreshing citrus, gentle salinity, and lingering mineral complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e93 Points - Jasper Morris\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe Puligny Garenne has not fallen clear after a recent stirring. This blocks the nose a little, while nourishing the palate which has impressive depth and length. A little lemony note to the acidity. Probably not a typical note but clearly a promising wine. Drink from 2029-2034. Tasted Oct 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e93 Points - Tim Atkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe technicolor palate quickly takes over from the reserved nose with its vivacious array of lemon chiffon pie, lime zest and Fuji apples. Steadfast concentration carries the soft oak impression into a long and caressing finish. It’s an unusually loquacious Garenne here, and its downright irresistible. Most of the cuvée is from 60-year-old vines, with the rest coming from 20-year-old plantings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e93 Points - Wine Spectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThere’s ample richness, yet this white is elegant and sleek overall. Lemon, peach, hazelnut and floral flavors are driven by vibrant acidity. Ends in a long, layered aftertaste. Shows fine balance and a deft use of new oak. Best from 2028 through 2040.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e90 Points - Wine Advocate\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe 2024 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru La Garenne offers up aromas of apple, pear and fresh mint, followed by a medium-bodied, delicate and fine-boned palate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBenoît Riffault presides over this 15-hectare Pulingy-Montrachet reference point, and his 2024s have turned out very nicely. Opting not to chaptalize, with the exception of the Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune, the wines are pure and precise, with increasing texture and density as one ascends the appellation hierarchy. But what are the rudiments of winemaking at this address today? Hand-harvested fruit is pressed without crushing, the press cycle lasting around three and a half hours and performing \"quite a few\" rotations to crumble the marc. The must is sulfited at the end of the press and settled for 24 hours, but Riffault retains most of the lees, fermenting in wood with ambient yeasts. Larger formats, including foudres, now complement 228-liter Burgundian barrels. The wines are racked to tank in July-August before the new vintage, whereas the premiers and grands crus spend as much as six months on their lees before bottling. All of Sauzet's wines are bottled with high-quality unbleached natural cork.(WK)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e90 Points - Vinous\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe 2024 Puligny-Montrachet La Garenne 1er Cru from the top of the slope has a pretty nose with light orange blossom and apricot scents unfolding with aeration. The palate is leesy on the entry, fine weight, not quite the same tension as some of the other Premier Crus but there is satisfying length. 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