Domaine Benoit ENTE
Benoit Ente is not afraid of change. He began (in 1999) to practice vinification with a healthy helping of batonnage until he decided that he was more excited by producing balanced wines than making the big white 'splash'. He is very concerned by the effect of using maximum authorized yields for chardonnay and has begun (by debudding) to keep his yields extremely low. This is a courageous decision. There is a great difference between 2002, 2003, and the 2004 vintage. The minerality shines through in his 2004s, and he has bottled a number of magnums. We have high hopes for the domaine as good Pulignys are a rare commodity. Becky Wasserman
Region:
Côte de Beaune
Winery Location:
Puligny Montrachet
Domaine (avg.):
1100-1400 cases
Winemaker:
Benoit Ente
Vineyard Area:
8.87 acres (3.59 ha)
Varietals:
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Aligote
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VITICULTURAL METHOD:Lutte Raisonnee
TRIAGE:
FERMENTATION:8-10 days until 2004 traditional method crushing
AGING:18-24 months
NEW OAK:5-100 %
- APPELLATION
- COLOUR
- SURFACE AREA
- AGE OF VINES
- AVERAGE PROD.
- BOURGOGNE ALIGOTE
- White
- 1.83 acres (0.74 ha)
- 2002-2003
- 430 cases
- BOURGOGNE BLANC
- White
- 0.96 acres (0.39 ha)
- 1963
- 213 cases
- CHASSAGNE MONTRACHET
- White
- 1.09 acres (0.44 ha)
- 1955
- 180 cases
- PULIGNY MONTRACHET
- White
- 1.24 acres (0.50 ha)
- 1954-1960
- 238 cases
- PULIGNY MONTRACHET 1ER CRU CHAMPS GAINS
- White
- 0.62 acres (0.25 ha)
- 1956
- 114 cases
- PULIGNY MONTRACHET 1ER CRU FOLATIERES "EN LA RICHARDE"
- White
- 0.67 acres (0.27 ha)
- 1961
- 118 cases
- PULIGNY MONTRACHET 1ER CRU HAMEAU DE BLAGNY
- White
- 0.44 acres (0.18 ha)
- 40 cases
- PULIGNY MONTRACHET 1ER CRU REFERTS
- White
- 0.64 acres (0.26 ha)
- 1943-1970
- 117 cases
- BOURGOGNE ROUGE
- Red
- 1.43 acres (0.58 ha)
- 1968-69-75
- 290 cases
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- STATE
- NAME
- United States
- New York
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- Illinois
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- United States
- Texas
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- United States
- New Jersey
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