Domaine Etienne Sauzet ★ 4.7
Puligny-Montrachet domaine of crystalline whites, biodynamic, with parcels in Batard-Montrachet, Bienvenues-Batard and a roll of Puligny premier crus.
Tasting: No general cellar door; allocation through importers.
Puligny-Montrachet negociant and domaine founded by Olivier Leflaive, best known for its sit-down tasting table pairing flights of white Burgundy with food.
Address: Place du Monument, 21190 Puligny-Montrachet, France, Burgundy
Puligny-Montrachet domaine of crystalline whites, biodynamic, with parcels in Batard-Montrachet, Bienvenues-Batard and a roll of Puligny premier crus.
Tasting: No general cellar door; allocation through importers.
Puligny-Montrachet domaine of crystalline whites, biodynamic, with parcels in Batard-Montrachet, Bienvenues-Batard and a roll of Puligny premier crus.
Tasting: No general cellar door; allocation through importers.
Meursault domaine founded 1869, farmed biodynamically under Dominique Lafon since the early 1990s with full conversion by 1998, holding parcels in Meursault premier crus Perrieres, Genevrieres, Charmes and Goutte d'Or alongside a sliver of Le Montrachet.
Tasting: No general cellar door; sold on allocation. The family also runs Heritiers du Comte Lafon in the Maconnais.
Cult Meursault domaine under Raphael Coche, famed for flinty, reductive Meursault and a tiny production of Corton-Charlemagne grand cru.
Tasting: No public tastings; among the most allocation-tight and collected whites in Meursault.
Chassagne-Montrachet domaine of benchmark whites, with holdings in Le Montrachet, Batard-Montrachet and Bienvenues-Batard plus top Chassagne premier crus.
Tasting: No general cellar door; allocation through importers.
Volnay-based biodynamic domaine known for structured, classically built Volnay and Pommard premier crus and a growing range of whites.
Tasting: Visits and tastings by appointment at the Volnay estate; biodynamic farming.
Pommard domaine and sole owner of the walled Clos des Epeneaux monopole, a biodynamic estate making dense, age-worthy Pommard.
Tasting: Visits and tastings by appointment; biodynamic estate.