10/01/2025
We are very thrilled to announce that we have obtained access being the authorised distributor in Singapore for Alvina Pernot - the granddaughter of the iconic Burgundy personality Paul Pernot, range of outstanding Burgundy white wines!
In 2018, Alvina and her husband Philippe Abadie, started their own winery with grapes sourced from within her Pernot family. At the onset, Alvina decided that her wines will be made differently from that of her grandfather. She picks earlier and chooses the fruit from parcels higher up in the vineyard where possible. She does not use any new wood and nor does she rack the wines until they are ready to be bottled. The long corks used are of the best quality and are wax sealed for added measure.
What makes Alvina Pernot different is firstly she is a "vigneronne" and while many of us succumb to the shock and awe methods of many a great white vigneron, Alvina and Philippe have choosen a different path. Their wines seduce and enchant you with delicacy, precision and purity of fruit.
You cannot but fall helplessly in love with the intoxicating potpurri of fresh flowers, peaches, ginger and nutmeg wafting from the glass. In the mouth, the texture is of refined precision and delicacy, freshness and energy. We have been mesmerised with what we have tasted and judging from the praises that critics have written about their wines in the last few vintages, things will only get even brighter at this young estate.
Today, the Domaine produces all WHITE wines with 100% Chardonnay grapes from various parcels from Domaine Paul Pernot.
You will have to trust us on this. Their wines are right up there with some of the best in the business. And we are very fortunate to acquire tiny allocations of 2023! Extremely limited stocks...
Alvina Pernot Bourgogne Cote D' Or Femelottes Blanc 2023
SRP: $80 NOW: $72
Alvina Pernot Puligny-Montrachet Clos des Noyers Brets Blanc 2023
SRP: $168
NOW: $150
Alvina Pernot Meursault 1er Cru La Piece Sous Le Bois Blanc 2023
SRP: $258
NOW: $230
Alvina Pernot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Champ Gain Blanc 2023
SRP: $298
NOW: $268
Alvina Pernot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Le Clos Des Folatieres Blanc 2023
SRP: $330
NOW: $295
Alvina Pernot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets Blanc 2023
SRP: $330
NOW: $295
More about the producer:
Alvina Pernot is one of the most exciting producers of white Burgundy today. Based in Puligny-Montrachet with some incredible vineyards, this is a name to watch – creating taut and mineral styles of white Burgundy. Alvina Pernot, granddaughter of Paul Pernot, is a young vigneron born and raised in Puligny-Montrachet. She grew up close to the family estate, as her father and uncle managed the family domaine throughout her childhood. In 2018, Alvina and her husband Phillipe Abadie created their own label.
The couple purchases the majority of their grapes from the family vineyards (ie Domaine Paul Pernot), but have now acquired three plots of their own. La Rue aux Vaches (which was long farmed and made by Domaine Paul Pernot, half of which they bought in late 2017 and inspired the creation of their domaine), as well as Clos des Noyers Bret (a vineyard that is an extension of their back-garden, added from 2020) and La Rue de Bois (the latter the vines that surround their winery, added in 2021).
At the beginning, the wines were made at Domaine Paul Pernot, with the barrels ageing in the small make-shift cellar beneath their home. From the 2021 vintage, however, the wines have been made in their own winery, which they built on the outskirts of Puligny-Montrachet.
The project has grown significantly, from 8,000 bottles across seven cuvées to 35,000 bottles across 25 cuvées in 2022 (the level at which they anticipate continuing production). The focus is almost exclusively on Chardonnay, with only one red wine from the Bievaux vineyard in Santenay (a south-facing plot that is among the highest in the village). They are particularly focused on sites within Puligny-Montrachet, with an increasing number of Premiers and Grands Crus.
Although Alvina and Paul Pernot share many of the same vineyards, the wines are very different. Alvina and Philippe want to make the wines they love to drink. Versus the very traditional, richer style of Paul Pernot, their wines are leaner and more mineral. They tend to pick a few days before the family domaine, pressing more gently (favouring vertical presses), using less new oak (as well as playing with both amphorae and glass vessels for ageing), little bâtonnage and lower sulphur levels
The range has grown to, depending on the vintage, include up to around 25 cuvées. There are two Bourgogne Blanc bottlings (L’Epée and La Rue de Bois), a village Saint-Romain, two village Puligny-Montrachet wines (La Rue aux Vaches and Clos des Noyers Brets). In terms of Premier Cru sites: in Saint-Aubin, they have made Les Créots and Les Combes; in Meursault, Les Porusots, Les Charmes, La Pièce sous le Bois, and Les Perrières ; in Puligny-Montrachet, three different bottlings from Folatières (Clos des Folatières, Ez Folatières and Peux Bois), Clos de la Garenne, La Garenne, Champ Canet (sometimes from the plot of Clos de la Jacquelotte), Chalumaux, Pucelles and Caillerets. As for the Grands Crus, they work with Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet, Bâtard-Montrachet, Chevalier-Montrachet and Corton-Charlemagne.
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