Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, grilled sea bass, goat cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Patrick Piuze's regional white wine, typically bottled as Bourgogne Blanc, represents an exceptional gateway to his terroir-centric winemaking philosophy. Sourced from carefully selected parcels within the Yonne department—often bordering the historic Chablis appellation—this wine captures the vibrant, cool-climate energy of northern Burgundy. Piuze applies the same meticulous standards here as he does to his Grand Crus: hand-harvesting, gentle pressing, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, and aging in old, neutral oak barrels. Historically, the Yonne region was the primary source of wine for Paris, utilizing the river network to transport crisp, refreshing whites to the capital's bistros. This wine revives that classic, thirst-quenching style, showcasing a brilliant tension between bright citrus fruit and a distinct, chalky minerality derived from the region's ancient limestone soils.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded on July 1, 2008, by Quebecois vigneron Patrick Piuze, this boutique Chablis négociant-vinificateur has emerged as one of the region's most uncompromising champions of terroir. Following pivotal stints at Olivier Leflaive, Maison Verget under Jean-Marie Guffens, and Jean-Marc Brocard, Piuze established an innovative model grounded in long-term contracts with premier growers. Operating without owning vineyards, he works exclusively with old vines situated within the historical, unexpanded boundaries of Chablis. Sourcing from Kimmeridgian and Portlandian limestone slopes on both banks of the Serein River, Piuze mandates hand-harvesting, non-interventionist viticulture without chemical inputs, and early picking to preserve tension and saline freshness. Vinification is rigorously artisanal: vertical basket pressing, native yeast fermentation, and aging in neutral French oak barrels (four to eight years old) for cru bottlings or stainless steel for village wines, always bottled unfined and gently filtered. Signature releases include single-terroir village cuvées such as Les Bas de Chapelot and Plateau Cornasse, alongside premier crus like Butteaux, Forêts, and Montée de Tonnerre, and benchmark Grand Crus including Les Preuses and Blanchots.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay