Coteaux
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, grilled white fish, goat cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Patrick Piuze's 'Terroir de Coteaux' is a brilliant village-level Chablis that highlights the unique character of steep hillside vineyards, or 'coteaux', within the appellation. Sourced from older vines planted on Kimmeridgian limestone soils rich in fossilized marine life, this wine captures the essence of Chablis' ancient geological history. Piuze utilizes spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts and ages the wine in neutral wood barrels, avoiding new oak to preserve the pristine, mineral-driven identity of the fruit. The result is a beautifully textured white wine that pays homage to the historic winegrowing traditions established by Cistercian monks in the region centuries ago, offering a tense, saline, and crystalline expression of northern Burgundy.
🍾 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