Bachelet Monnot
Village
Puligny Montrachet
2022

The producer

Domaine Bachelet-Monnot, founded in 2005 by Marc and Alexandre Bachelet, spans 12 hectares in the Côte de Beaune, with key holdings in Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, and Chassagne-Montrachet, and premier cru vineyards like Les Charmes in Meursault and Les Combettes in Puligny-Montrachet. The estate practices low yields and biodynamic farming to ensure high-quality fruit that reflects the terroir of each site. 

In the winery, the wines are made with minimal intervention, using native yeasts for fermentation. Chardonnay is fermented in a mix of oak barrels (20-25% new) and stainless steel, with extended lees aging to add texture. For Pinot Noir, whole-cluster fermentation is employed, focusing on gentle extraction. The wines are known for their purity, balance, and aging potential, with vibrant acidity and nuanced minerality.

The wine

Domaine Bachelet-Montrnot’s Puligny-Montrachet Village, sourced from 2 hectares of carefully tended vineyards, is fermented with native yeasts in a mix of 20-25% new oak and stainless steel, followed by 12-18 months aging on lees. The wine expresses a balance of citrus, white flower, and mineral notes, with bright acidity and a touch of oak influence. 

We choose our wines based on a range of criteria (see how we choose our wines) of which critic scores is just one. Rather than simply highlight the best score to promote a wine, our average critic score is calculated from the scores provided by several respected wine critics, who we follow for specific regions. They do not represent all critic scores and, wherever possible, we try and give more weight to more recent reviews. Where appropriate we consider market-based scores like Global Wine Score or Wine Searcher Average scores.

As a rule, we look to offer wines that achieve a 92/100 average critic score or better and frankly a lot of very good wines simply don’t make the cut. As a high-end provider we want to reflect that positioning in the quality of wines we offer. Such wines are only a tiny fraction of those generally on offer in the market. We believe that an average score is a more conservative and representative approach, but it is still subjective and only offered as a guide to our customers, who will (and should) do their own research. We will add individual critic scores to our website in the future.