Henri Boillot Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Mouchère 2017: a great wine, one for informed Burgundy collectors: one of the most exciting releases of the vintage, with the ‘presence and depth of a Grand Cru’: utterly superb: single bottle delivered
£279.00
96/100 – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
96/100 – Vinous
95/100 – Decanter
95/100 – Inside Burgundy
94/100 – Burghound
18/20 – Jancis Robinson
This Henri Boillot Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Mouchère 2017 is a great wine which will be at the top of the list for any informed Burgundy collector. It is hailed as one of the 10 Best Puligny-Montrachets of 2017.
Henri Boillot is one of the most respected winemakers in Burgundy, a producer at the epicentre of great French winemaking. This 2017 is considered the best Mouchere ever made (other than the amazing 2020), better even than the fabulous 2014 and 2009 vintages.
Henri Boillot has an extraordinary reputation for the sheer finesse of his Burgundy wines. The quality coming from these up to 80 year old vines is fast developing a cult following and a stunning reputation, often outscoring Leflaive’s and Ramonet’s Montrachet. It’s the highest ever scored Mouchere from barrel in Vinous.com history and genuinely one of the most exciting releases of the year.
The top Burgundy critics’ notes speak for themselves:
94/96 William Kelley, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate: ‘From an enclave within the premier cru Perrières, Boillot’s 2017 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Mouchère is utterly superb this year, wafting from the glass with aromas of lemon oil, mandarin orange, beeswax, iodine and subtle smoky reduction. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, satiny and layered, with striking volume and depth at the core, balanced by incisive acids that animate the long, mineral finish. Guillaume Boillot speculates that this monopole’s comparative variety of mesoclimates and soil types lends the resulting wine greater complexity than would be the case with a small cuvée.’
94/100 – Vinous, Neal Martin: ‘Harmonious and poised with wonderful weight and precision toward the finish, where veins of white peach furnish the seductive aftertaste. Absolutely delicious. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting in Savigny-lès-Beaune. Drinking window 2023 to 2042.’
94/100 – Burghound, Allen Meadows: ‘First-rate volume to the caressing yet powerful flavours that possess excellent mid-palate density before concluding in a highly energetic, complex and beautifully well-balanced finale.’
18/20 – Jancis Robinson: ‘Big and bold with great density. Massively concentrated and ambitious. Anticipated maturity: 2021-2030.’
Producer tasting notes: ‘Hue: Pale yellow with hints of green—bright. Nose: white acacia blossom, lemon blossom, peach, pink grapefruit—intense. Palate: Rich—deep—dense. Superb minerality, full-bodied. Great length and energy with very pure saltiness. A great wine.’ – Domaine Henri Boillot.
Single bottle. RRP £320. CCUK £279 including duty, sales tax and UK mainland delivery.
Read on for more details and Henri Boillot’s view of the 2017 vintage:
Henri Boillot is at the epicenter of great winemaking and is one of the most respected winemakers in Burgundy. Under his craftsmanship and exceptionally skilled hands, his Chardonnay and Pinot Noirs are without a doubt top-tier Burgundies.
The Domain
Domaine Henri Boillot has become a Puligny-Montrachet specialist. For generations (since 1885), in the southern part of the Côte de Beaune, this discreet but renowned 15-hectare domaine, well known by connoisseurs, has vinified and matured a remarkable palette of prestigious wines on the largest terroirs—classy, vigorous and masterly. Seven hectares of white wine is distributed among the Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru (Les Perrières, Les Pucelles, Clos de La Mouchère), Meursault Premier Cru Les Genevrières and Savigny-les-Beaune Premier Cru Les Vergelesses. Today, it is the son Henri who has taken over the reins of the family vineyard, and in 1996 he added a trading business, exclusively for whites, and in which each premier cru or grand cru is produced by a single supplier in order to preserve the authenticity of the terroir. The whites, generally early, improve superbly over four to five years. This is thanks to the rigorous and constant ploughing of the vines in a sustainable manner (8 to 10 times a year), as well as the fact that no herbicides are used, yields are limited (40hl / ha on average) and harvesting is manual and conducted as late as possible.
The Cuvée
The Clos de la Mouchère vineyard is a monopole owned by Domaine Henri Boillot; an enclave in the Les Perrières premier cru covering four hectares. An exceptional terroir producing a deep, mineral Chardonnay, made with great care. The 14-month barrel élevage lends genuine density to the structure. There are hints of spices on the nose, accompanying a very great maturity of the fruit, without heaviness: accents of yellow and white fruit. The palate is deep and powerful, offering the perfect balance of firmness and minerality. A wine of rare concentration.
Henri Boillot writes about the 2017 vintage:
‘I love this vintage!
‘The 2017 vintage is similarly energetic and acidic as the 2014 vintage. The wine is smooth and rich with a remarkable saline finish. Pink grapefruit and Menton lemon aromas dominate this fine vintage, with prominent overtones of white blossom, spice and mandarins, and not forgetting the perfect minerality that defines and characterises the great white wines of Burgundy.
I repeat again, I love this vintage!’
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