2024 Domaine Bachelet-Monnot Les Referts, Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru, France Rhys You'll get a beautiful sparkling

You'll get a beautiful sparkling natural wine

and subtly silky-creamy on the palate at first before some tart elements add cut and precision to the experience

while about 10% is fermented whole in 450 L barrels that are rolled rather than punched down (“vinification intégrale”)

The botti range from 25 to 50 hectoliters and average 10-12 years of age

A very stoney soil that always shows white flowers on the nose and a lot of minerality

2024 Domaine Bachelet-Monnot Les Referts, Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru, France Rhys You'll get a beautiful sparklingSourced from 50+yearold Chardonnay vines on the cooler, down slope soils of Les Refertsjust below Meursaults Les Charmes. Grapes are hand harvested, then slowly pressed and spontaneously fermented in 350 L oak barrels. Aged 12 months in French oak (2025% new), followed by an additional 6 months on fine lees in stainless steel.