White Wine
Chardonnay
Sustainable
Dry
Residual Sugar: 2.00 g/l
Medium Bodied
750ml
13.50% alc./vol

Roche Bellene Puligny-Montrachet 1er Les Folatiere 2022

Burgundy, France

96 Points - WineAlign

$255.95per bottle ($767.85per case)
3 bottles per case

Rich & Luxurious

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Nicolas Potel is an iconic producer and pioneer in the Burgundy winemaking scene. He grew up in a family dedicated to wine; and after gaining some experience internationally, he started his own project in the late 90's. The Maison Roche de Bellene offers a complete range of carefully cultivated and versatile wines, often made from old vines. All of the Maison wines are made with respect to sustainable and natural farming practices, with as little intervention as necessary to showcase their individual terroirs.

This wine has a creamy, sweet scent with a lovely mix of fragrant white blossoms and citrusy aromas, accented by hints of lightly toasted spices. The palate offers a burst of crunchy orchard fruits that are enriched by flavours of acacia and hazelnuts. These flavours glide overtop a buttery soft texture and seamlessly integrate with gentle oak spices. The careful combination of lushness and vibrancy makes this wine both refined and spirited, achieving superb balance and great depth that leaves a lasting impression.

Serve with poultry in white wine sauce and mushrooms.

About the Winery

Groupe Bellene

Led by Nicolas Potel in Beaune, Groupe Bellene is composed of the négociant arm Maison Roche de Bellene, the winery arm Domaine de Bellene, and a special back-vintage series under the Collection Bellenum label.

Maison Roche de Bellene offers a complete range of wines, with an emphasis on individual terroirs from old vines of more than 40 years. All of the growers that Nicolas works with are either organic certified or sustainably farmed.
Domaine de Bellene represents the wines that are produced and bottled from Nicolas Potel's private vineyard holdings.
Collection Bellenum is a back vintage series that Nicolas Potel sourced from his friends in the region, offering a magnificent selection of bottled history. The wines have moved only twice in their lives, from the original cellar to Potel's and now to yours!

Nicolas Potel grew up at Volnay's Domaine Pousse d'Or, where his father worked. He trained abroad and returned home in 1996 to build a négociant business and started Maison Nicolas Potel, where he sourced grapes from good parcels, often working with the growers to improve the quality. By 2002, he was making 120 wines from 50 different appellations, and the rest is history!

Press Reviews

WineAlign

96 Points - Michael Godel

Premier Cru from Maison Roche De Bellene but Les Folatières could very well be elevated were the constraints of history and original delineations not in the way, A profoundly aromatic chardonnay that only this cru from this pace could both entertain and in turn author such an effect. A Bourgogne such as this has no peers, nor should it be compared to any suitors because at this level they are all individual. Yet the precision and sturdiness of Folatières is why many devotees to this part of the Côte-d'Or choose Puligny over Chassagne. There is a state of grace and a confidence that not so much exudes but instead wisps from the glass because the Climat foretold is the wine divined. An ideal vintage for Puligny from out of which warmth begets richness, which then transmutes as glissade, that feeling of textural grace across the palate, more than fleeting, also nurturing and protective. If ever a Puligny was to be described as territorial than Folatières would be the one. The mouthfeel is exactly that and substantial is the understatement. Lingered over this one for a while - and swallowed every stonecast of its goodness. Drink 2025-2036.