La Butte O
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, grilled sea bass, goat cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the highly respected Chablis producer Patrick Piuze, 'La Butte O' is a brilliant Vin de France that showcases his talent for identifying exceptional terroir just outside the official appellation boundaries. The name itself is a playful phonetic nod to the famous Chablis Premier Cru 'Butteaux' ('Butte-O'), yet the fruit hails from a carefully selected hillside parcel characterized by classic limestone soils. True to Piuze's non-interventionist philosophy, the grapes are harvested by hand and fermented using indigenous yeasts in neutral oak casks. This meticulous approach coaxes out a remarkably pure expression of the region's cool-climate terroir, resulting in a white wine defined by its crystalline acidity, flinty minerality, and vibrant citrus notes.
🍾 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