Winemaker Notes
This wine pairs intensity with finesse, full-bodied richness with elegance. With aromas and flavors of white fruit, almonds and minerals, it will develop favorably in the bottle for 12 to 18 years.
Pairs well with poached fish, shellfish in cream sauce, pâté de foie gras and ripe cheeses such as Munster and mature Comté.
Professional Ratings
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Jasper Morris
Mid lemon yellow, with a concentrated bouquet that has less immediate charm than the Clos de la Garenne. However, there is significant weight on the palate, some yellow plums, while the acidity has an attractive mineral touch. My conclusion is that this Folatières is just very backward. Everything is there to make a great wine, and In the end the more exciting wine of two excellent Pulignys. Barrel Sample: 94-96
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James Suckling
Richness and balance coexist in this remarkably pure, fluid and elegant wine. Beautiful aromas of lemon blossoms, toasted almonds, poached pears and vanilla bean lead to equally luscious fruit and spice flavors on a medium body that’s backed by vivid acidity. Drink or hold.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Aromas of nuts, orange zest, white flowers and crisp orchard fruit introduce the 2022 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières (Domaine des Héritiers Jadot), a medium to full-bodied, satiny and racy wine that's fine-boned, pure and elegant.
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Vinous
The 2022 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 1er Cru has a refined nose with wet limestone and Granny Smith apples. This is nicely detailed with beautifully integrated oak. The palate is very well-balanced, with fine acidity and gentle grip. It’s quite detailed towards the impressively precise finish. Excellent.
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Wine Spectator
Expressive and rich, this white features peach, lime blossom, citronella and hazelnut aromas and flavors. Vibrant acidity keeps everything well-delineated, while the finish fans out with details of fruit and oak spice.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
A source of some of the finest, juicy, silky and elegantly floral Chardonnay in the Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet lies just to the north of Chassagne-Montrachet, a village with which it shares two of its Grands Crus vineyards: Le Montrachet itself and Bâtard-Montrachet. Its other two, which it owns in their entirety, are Chevalier-Montrachet and Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet. And still, some of the finest white Burgundy wines come from the prized Premiers Crus vineyards of Puligny-Montrachet. To name a few, Les Pucelles, Le Clavoillon, Les Perrières, Les Referts and Les Combettes, as well as the rest, lie northeast and up slope from the Grands Crus.
Farther to the southeast are village level whites and the hamlet of Blagny where Pinot Noir grows best and has achieved Premier Cru status.