Originally a Gallo Roman village, as recorded by Pope Urbain II in 1095, Puliniacus became Puligny in 1879 and added the suffix Montrachet in deference to it's greatest vineyard. Vines have been cultivated here since the twelfth century, but Puligny's preeminence as a white wine village is comparatively recent, only since the second world war has it become virtually overtaken by Chardonnay vines. Grapes are picked off vines age forty five years of age grown to a ¾ hectare allotment and vinified at 18C to 22C for three to six weeks in a selection of new and seasoned Troncais and Allier French oak barriques, followed by battonage and eleven months on gross lees before further spell of six on fine lees.