Puligny Montrachet

South-west of the city of Beaune, between Volnay and Santenay in the Côte de Beaune, are a trio of villages - Chassagne Montrachet, Puligny Montrachet and Meursault - where the almost monoculture of Pinot Noir in the rest of the Côte d’Or gives way to rows of Chardonnay and white wines rule supreme.

Some of the most prestigious white wines in Burgundy, and indeed the world, are made in Puligny Montrachet. Puligny shares, with neighbouring village Chassagne, the Grand Cru vineyards of Le Montrachet and Bâtard-Montrachet.

Brothers Henri Boillot (with son Guillaume) and Jean-Marc Boillot make some majestic, rich and age-worthy wines in Puligny; both estates appealing to lovers of proper full-on white Burgundy.