FFW 2021 Wine Catalogue

MEET THE GROWER Paul Pillot CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET We always enjoy tasting with the “Mick Jagger” of Chassagne, and unlike last year’s tasting with at least fifteen others jostling for position, we enjoyed an engaging hour ormore with an ecstatic Thierry in his cellar in 2019, which is finally full of barrels after three very lean vintages. Young, passionate, andmuch like Alex at Moreau, he is very happy to take risks and is always pushing for better and better quality. Lovely freshness and elegance in these wines. He does not lees stir (ie, battonage), as he believes this makes for richer wines and he is after elegance. He has a very full range fromquite excellent Bourgogne Chardonnay’s up to Chevalier Montrachet and even a raft of excellent reds.

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...tomymind, Pillot is one of a handful of exciting producers who win Chassagne-Montrachet the title of Burgundy’s most interesting white wine- producing village today.

—WILLIAMKELLEY

ST.AUBIN, 1 ERCRUCHARMOIS DOMAINE PAUL PILLOT 2018 DRINK2022+

BOURGOGNECHARDONNAY DOMAINE PAUL PILLOT 2018 DRINK2021+

6x75 £198

6x75 £99

The nose is perhaps a little ‘piano’ but there is real purity here. Citrus tones. The palate has a lovely volume - a class act.

Pretty fragrant on the nose; palate offers lots of ripe generosity and a rondeur, yet with a nicemineral streak to uphold the freshness. Good concentration on the finish and a very solid start to the range.

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