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Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes Etienne Sauzet (no reserve) 1996

  • Yellow fruit
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Wine for ageing
  • Color: White
  • Organic
  • 13.50% 
  • 2.25L
  • Intensity
  • Rich

Produced from old vines, this full-bodied, generous, racy (and very mineral) Puligny-Montrachet is one of the flagship wines of this exceptional domain. More info

  • Quantity: 3 Bottles
  • Level: 3 into-neck
  • Label: 2 slightly pushed cork, 3 slightly marked label, 1 slightly folded label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Burgundy
  • Appellation/Wine: Puligny-Montrachet
  • Classification: 1er Cru
  • Producer/Owner: Etienne Sauzet
  • More information....

Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes Etienne Sauzet serve at a temperature of 12°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Poularde de Bresse truffée, Filet de sole aux cèpes, Homard à l américaine.

  • Vintage score: 18/20
  • Lot presentation
    Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes Etienne Sauzet

    The wine

    Étienne Sauzet's Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru Les Combettes comes from a one-hectare holding of old vines (50 years). Ample, generous and sophisticated, it is also very mineral and is among the domaine's best wines. It has the same ageing potential as its grand cru counterparts; that is, 5 to 10 years.

    Information about domain Etienne Sauzet

    Created in 1903, the Domaine Etienne Sauzet has been producing Montrachet since the 1993 vintage. Gérard Boudot, (married to Etienne Sauzet’s grand-daughter) has managed it since 1974 and improved the domaine from the mid-1980s. Limited yields, harvesting as late as possible and classic vinification marked by débourbage (which allows very fine sur lie aging) contribute to creating wines of a very consistent and an exemplary finesse, unanimously hailed by French and foreign wine lovers. Since 1989, following a division of the domaine, Gérard Boudot, has also been trading and buying grape must to complete his production, without affecting quality. The domaine extends over 9 hectares.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 3 Bottles
    • Level: 3 into-neck
    • Label: 2 slightly pushed cork, 3 slightly marked label, 1 slightly folded label
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Type of cellar: Classic underground cellar
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: no
    • Alcohol percentage: 13.50 %
    • Country/Region: Burgundy
    • Appellation/Wine: Puligny-Montrachet
    • Classification: 1er Cru
    • Producer/Owner: Etienne Sauzet
    • Vintage: 1996
    • Color: White
    • Service temperature: 12°
    • Viticulture: Organic 
    • Size (in ha): 0.96
    • Intensity: Rich
    • Dominant aroma: Yellow fruit
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay

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    iDealwine price estimate
    Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes Etienne Sauzet (no reserve) 1996

    iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format