Domaine Francois Carillon White Burgundy Offering

When it comes to wine, I tell people to throw away the vintage charts and invest in a corkscrew. The best way to learn about wine is the drinking.

 -Alexis Lichine

If you have been paying attention to my propaganda over the years you know that Burgundy is one of my favorite wine regions of the world.  We host a lot of tastings throughout the year featuring the top wines from Burgundy’s best producers.  The hardest thing to get today are the white wines from great producers like Francoise Carillon as the 2021 crop was very small and with the demand for the whites ending with the work Montrachet at an all-time high. 

We were only able to offer our “Wine Drinking People” a limited amount of wines from the 2021 harvest so as soon as the 2022 vintage arrived we have a few wines to offer so I figured it was time for a white burgundy offering featuring the wines from Domaine Francois Carillon but including all the whites from Burgundy that we have in the store on SALE!

The Carillon family domaine dates back to the 16th century. The winemaking tradition has been passed down from father to son since 1632 when a Carillon viticulteur is recorded, and even since 1520 when Jean Carillon is mentioned in archives. The family still occupies the same site as they did then in Puligny-Montrachet, between the church and the old château which belonged to the original nobles of the village. The motif on their label, showing a grape harvesting knife and the year 1632, is a reproduction of a carving above the door frame. The cuverie is built with the stones of the old château. Over the years, additional buildings throughout the village were added to the Carillon's holdings and converted to winemaking facilities. Today François Carillon leads the estate, crafting wines of tradition and finesse that show an extremely deft use of oak. The domaine produces Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru, villages Puligny-Montrachet, several Puligny-Montrachet Premier Crus, villages Chassagne-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Crus, a Saint-Aubin Premier Cru, and Bourgogne Chardonnay and Aligoté.

22 Vintage Wines from Domaine Francois Carillon

2022 Francois Carillon Chardonnay Vin De France
Price: $25.50                     Your Price: $22.44
Aromas of peach, melon and white flowers, with a light toasted vanilla presence from the oak. Lush, with crisp acidity leading to a satisfying finish. Grape Variety: Chardonnay

2022 Francois Carillon Macon Blanc Villages
Price: $36.00                     Sale $31.68
A fresh and balanced white wine with subtle floral notes and an absence of wood that distinguishes it. Its profile offers refreshing citrus and melon touches, complemented by aromas of white roses, jasmine, lemongrass and fennel.

2021 Francois Carillon Saint Romain Blanc
Price: $62.00                     Your Price: $54.56

2021 Francois Carillon Bourgogne Aligote
Price: $31.50                     Sale $27.72
“Glowing yellow and green, full of energy, loads of fruit and of course seems quite austere after Cap au Sud. Brilliant on the palate, just the right degree of fruit, tangy more than bitter, stylish and with a crisp finish. Drink from 2023-2025. Tasted: October 2022.”  Jasper Morris

2022 Francois Carillon Bourgogne Aligote
Price: $30.75                     Sale $27.06
(87-88 Points)  "Lively pineapple yellow. A touch of sandalwood from the large wood. They like to pick ripe, and this has worked because they have maintained the freshness while ensuring considerable character in the grape.  Good tension at the back, lemon and mirabelle finish. To bottle January. Drink from 2024-2026. Tasted: October 2023."  Jasper Morris

2022 Francois Carillon Bourgogne Chardonnay
Price: $44.25                     Your Price: $38.94
(87-90) "Within Femelottes, old vines on riparia. Early and aromatic. A fullish yellow, with a more immediate ripe grape bouquet than the regular. Opulent for a generic Bourgogne yet with class. The power on the palate is impressive, with a huge weight in the middle and at the back. At least the intensity of a village wine. Not for those looking for elegance, but superb in its own style. Drink from 2025-2028. Tasted: October 2023."  Jasper Morris

2022 Francois Carillon Chassagne Montrachet
Price: $125.25                   Your Price: $110.22
(90-93 Points) "Two plots in Les Voillenots, with 35 and 50 year old vines. Medium depth of fresh yellow in colour. The bouquet comes across as refined after the explosive Mâcon. Mostly about the fruit, just a little biscuit, and certainly adequate tension. This works very well, and has impressive length. François notes the good water supply here. This will be one to look out for. Drink from 2026-2030. Tasted: October 2023." Jasper Morris

2022 Francois Carillon Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru Les Macherelles Burgundy, France
Price: $201.00                   Sale $176.88
(90-92 Points) "One of the fuller colors. This has taken on quite a crunchy, almost savory aspect and has a saline grapey character too. On balance, I find this less fine than the village Chassagne. Drink from 2027-2033. Tasted: October 2023."  Jasper Morris

2021 Francois Carillon Les Macherelles Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru, France
Price: $202.50                   Your Price: $178.20                Quantity in Stock: 12
One of the fuller colors. This has taken on quite a crunchy, almost savory aspect and has a saline grapey character, too. On balance, I find this less fine than the village Chassagne.

2022 Francois Carillon Puligny-Montrachet
Price: $138.75                   Your Price: $122.10                Quantity in Stock: 12
(92-93 points) François is fortunate enough to have 5.85 hectares of Puligny-Montrachet from six plots. He is planning some parcellaire cuvées in 2023. We are back to finesse with this wine. The 2022 Puligny is beautifully aromatic, with all the floral character one could hope for. This has a brilliantly light touch despite the energy and the intensity. I think it is going to be a show stopper. Excellent natural acidity as well. Drink from 2026-2032.  (1/2024)  Jasper Morris

2021 Francois Carillon Puligny Montrachet
Price: $139.50                   Your Price: $122.76
“Clear pale yellow. A light nose, still in waiting. Interesting on the palate though with a saline touch behind the yellow fruit which has ripened adequately. A bit stocky behind, without quite the free flow of lesser-frosted wines from 2021. Drink from 2025-2028. Tasted: October 2022.”  Jasper Morris (6/21/2022)

2022 Francois Carillon Puligny Montrachet 1r Cru Champ Gains
List Price: $206.25          Your Price: $181.50
Lemon/lime on the nose, a signature of the vintage. Lemon confit fruit, sweet sugared lemons. This has power and very expansive fruit, beautiful balance and a wonderful candied lemon finish.

2022 Domaine François Carillon Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes
Price: $242.25                   Your Price: $213.18
(92-95 Points) "Medium yellow. A fine and balanced bouquet, suggesting the sunny generosity of Combettes. I like the precision here, though, with a little biscuity and possibly touch as well, a  touch more warmth, but all in control. Notably persistent. Drink from 2028-2035. Tasted: October 2023." Jasper Morris

A bit more about Domaine Francois Carillon:

The François Carillon Domaine, created in 2010, is the long-lasting legacy of a wine family business that dates back to the 16th century in Puligny-Montrachet, a very typical wine village in south of Côte de Beaune - Burgundy’s most renown terroir for white wines.

Located in the heart of the village, the estate owns and manages today a sixteen-hectare-vineyard located in Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet and Saint-Aubin. The estate produces about seventeen (depending on the harvests) different appellations, mainly in Chardonnay.
Between passion and precision, the ambition of the François Carillon Domaine is to produce fine, elegant and gourmet wines, representative of the exceptional terroirs from which they come. Referenced in best restaurants of the world, François Carillon's white wines are also praised by wine experts and wine lovers, who recognize their exactitude and balance.
The Carillon family have been growing grapes in Puligny-Montrachet for almost 500 years. Old written sources found in Puligny narrate the life and work of Jean Carillon as early as 1520. His family continued farming the land and the vineyard until the phylloxera crisis, which occurred in the late nineteenth century. Prosper and Jeanne Carillon then had to leave the region and work near Paris to provide for their needs, but soon returned for the love of the land and farming vines. The entire estate was replanted after the First World War. In the 1960s, polyculture and livestock breeding were abandoned in favor of the almost exclusive culture of Chardonnay by Louis Carillon.

François started looking after the family vineyards in 1988 and worked together with his father Louis and brother Jacques until 2010, when the estate was split between the two brothers.
Since 2010 and the creation of his own wine estate, François Carillon became a renown reference in Puligny-Montrachet for the refinement of his wines. Supported by a dynamic and cohesive team of a dozen people, François deploys his energy and enthousiasm to constantly increase his products’ quality and elegance, thus pursuing the development of the family affair with as much ardor as in his early days. He ensures the future of the vineyard by transmitting his know-how and love of his work to his four children.

Everything starts in the vineyard. To get the best grapes as possible, François is deeply committed to a precise and environmental-friendly approach of vine-growing.
The vines are thus managed as naturally as possible.

Since 1992, weeds in all our parcels of vines are removed by plowing by tractor or horse, and no weed-killer is used. As our Head of Culture has been taking care of the same vines for almost 30 years, he has an exact knowledge of each parcels and can conduct specific actions so that the grapes can reflect precisely the terroir they grow on.
Respect for the environment and living organisms is something François deeply believes in.

Only natural-origin products are used, and only when required. Moreover, instead of burning vine shoots as it is often the case in Burgundy, we process them into small chips, compost and spread them in the vines. Coupled with horse manure, they enrich the soil without using chemical fertilizers. The vineyard density is around 10000 vines per hectare, enabling them to extract plant food and water from the terroir of Puligny.
Pruning of the vine is performed manually (“Guyot” pruning) and yields are strictly controlled via disbudding as well as green harvesting. Grapes are harvested manually every year.

The François Carillon Domaine produces 16 different appellations, spread over the villages of Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet and Saint-Aubin.

Among these appellations lie 9 Premiers crus (2 Saint-Aubin, 3 Chassagne-Montrachet and 4 Puligny-Montrachet), 5 villages wines  (3 Puligny-Montrachet and 1 Chassagne-Montrachet), and 4 regional wines (2 Bourgogne Chardonnay, 1 Bourgogne Aligoté and 1 Bourgogne Pinot Noir).

The estate's cellars are located in the heart of Puligny-Montrachet, in old family dwellings.

Grapes are harvested manually, usually at the beginning of September, depending on their ripeness.

After a soft pneumatic pressing, grapes musts are clarified before undergoing their alcoholic and malolactic fermentations in oak barrels (between 10 and 15% of new oak).

They remain there for about twelve months, during which our wines are matured on on lees, with occasional stirring. The wines are then transferred in stainless steel vats during six months to guarantee freshness and tautness, prior to bottling, which takes place between January and April.

A great deal of attention is given when corking our wines. From our village appellations to our best Premiers crus, we use the best cork available to guarantee a impeccable ageing in bottles. For our Bourgogne Chardonnays, we resort to Ardea Seal stoppers, thus guaranteeing a good ageing in bottles as well as no organoleptic defects. 

The rest of the white Burgundy in the store on SALE!

Puligny Montrachet

2000 Domaine Leflaive Puligny Montrachet Pucelles 1er Cru
Price: $1250.00                Sale Price: $895.00``Quantity in Stock: 1
2002 DOMAINE LEFLAIVE PULIGNY MONTRACHET PUCELLES 1ER CRU
Price: $1300.00                Sale Price: $995.00                Quantity in Stock: 2
2006 Maison Michel Picard Les Chalumaux Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru
Price: $150.00                   Sale Price: $120.00                Quantity in Stock: 1
2016 ALEX GAMBAL PULIGNY MONTRACHET 1ER CRU LA GARENNE MAGNUM
Price: $250.00                   Your Price: $220.00                Quantity in Stock: 10
2018 Domaine Chanson Puligny Montrachet 1er cru Folatieres
Price: $177.00                   Your Price: $155.76                Quantity in Stock: 6
2020 Joseph Drouhin Puligny Montrachet
Price: $106.05                   Your Price: $93.32                           Quantity in Stock: 6
2020 Philippe Chavy Puligny Montrachet 1er cru Les Pucelles
Price: $192.00                   Your Price: $168.96                Quantity in Stock: 2
2020 Domaine Leflaive Puligny Montrachet Les Pucelles 1er Cru
Price: $950.00                   Your Price: $836.00                Quantity in Stock: 4
2020 Domaine Leflaive Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Clavoillon magnum
Price: $1150.00                Your Price: $1012.00                Quantity in Stock: 1
2020 Maison Roche de Bellene Puligny Montrachet Vieilles Vignes
Price: $133.50                   Your Price: $117.48                Quantity in Stock: 11
2021 JOSEPH DROUHIN PULIGNY MONTRACHET
Price: $150.00                   Your Price: $132.00                Quantity in Stock: 1
2021 Louis Jadot Puligny Montrachet
Price: $122.00                   Your Price: $107.36                Quantity in Stock: 6
2021 Louis Jadot Puligny Montrachet Les Folatieres 1er Cru
Price: $187.50                   Your Price: $165.00                Quantity in Stock: 3
2021 Domaine Leflaive Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles
Price: $1150.00                Your Price: $1012.00                Quantity in Stock: 6
2021 Bouchard Aine & Fils Puligny Montrachet
Price: $115.00                   Your Price: $101.20                Quantity in Stock: 5
2021 Domaine Alain Chavy Puligny Montrachet
Price: $110.00                   Your Price: $96.80                Quantity in Stock: 13
2021 Domaine Jean-Louis Chavy Les Perrieres Puligny Montrachet Premier Cru
Price: $243.75                   Your Price: $214.50                Quantity in Stock: 6
2021 Bernard Millot Puligny-Montrachet Les Corvees des Vignes, Cote de Beaune, France
Price: $97.50                     Your Price: $85.80                Quantity in Stock: 4
2022 Etienne Sauzet Puligny Montrachet
Price: $125.00                   Your Price: $110.00                Quantity in Stock: 9
2022 Etienne Sauzet Puligny Montrachet Les Garenne 1er Cru
Price: $195.00                   Your Price: $171.60                Quantity in Stock: 12
2022 Etienne Sauzet Puligny Montrachet Les Referts 1er Cru
Price: $235.00                   Your Price: $206.80                Quantity in Stock: 12
2022 Domaine Jean Marc Boillot Les Garenne Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru
Price: $145.50                   Your Price: $128.04                Quantity in Stock: 10
2022 Domaine Jean-Marc Boillot Les Referts Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru, France
Price: $159.00                   Your Price: $139.92                Quantity in Stock: 12
2022 Domaine Jean-Marc Boillot La Truffiere Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru, France
Price: $190.50                   Your Price: $167.64                Quantity in Stock: 12

Chassagne Montrachet

2021 Domaine Yves Girardin Chateau de la Charriere Chassagne Montrachet Les Champs de Morjot
Price: $97.50                     Your Price: $85.80                Quantity in Stock: 10
2021 Louis Jadot Chassagne Montrachet
Price: $102.00                   Your Price: $89.76                Quantity in Stock: 4
2021 Jean Noel Gagnard Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chaumes
Price: $120.00                   Your Price: $105.60                Quantity in Stock: 5
2021 Vincent Girardin Chassagne Montrachet Vieilles Vignes
Price: $120.00                   Your Price: $105.60                Quantity in Stock: 7
2021 Domaine Blain Gagnard Chassagne Montrachet Clos Saint Jean Premier Cru
Price: $135.00                   Your Price: $118.80                Quantity in Stock: 6
2020 FAIVELEY CHASSAGNE MONTRACHET
Price: $120.25                   Your Price: $105.82                Quantity in Stock: 3
2020 Domaine Blain Gagnard Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot
Price: $123.00                   Your Price: $108.24                Quantity in Stock: 3
2020 Domaine Marc Morey & Fils Chassagne Montrachet 1er Virondot
Price: $139.50                   Your Price: $122.76                Quantity in Stock: 1
2019 LOUIS JADOT CHASSAGNE MONTRACHET MORGEOT DOMAINE DU DUC DE MAGENTA CLOS DE LA CHAPELLE Magnum
Price: $249.00                   Your Price: $219.12                Quantity in Stock: 1
1993 Laboure Roi Chassagne Montrachet
Price: $70.00                     Your Price: $61.60                Quantity in Stock: 11

Meursault

2015 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault Clos de la Barre Magnum
Price: $695.00                           Your Price: $611.60            Quantity in Stock: 1
2019 Domaine Eric Boigelot Les Caillerets, Meursault Premier Cru, France
Price: $103.50                           Your Price: $91.08              Quantity in Stock: 4
2020 Domaine Florent Garaudet Meursault Vieilles Vignes Cote de Beaune, France
Price: $82.50               Your Price: $72.60              Quantity in Stock: 1
2020 Domaine Heitz-Lochardet - Armand Heitz Meursault, Cote de Beaune, France
Price: $132.00                           Your Price: $116.16            Quantity in Stock: 10

Saint Aubin

2016 ALEX GAMBAL SAINT AUBIN 1ER CRU EN REMILLY MAGNUM
Price: $125.00                           Sale Price: $99.00              Quantity in Stock: 26
2018 ALEX GAMBAL SAINT AUBIN 1ER CRU EN REMILLY MAGNUM
Price: $125.00                           Your Price: $110.00            Quantity in Stock: 11
2021 Armand Heitz Les Castets, Saint-Aubin Premier Cru, France
Price: $132.00                           Your Price: $116.16            Quantity in Stock: 10

Saint Romain

2017 ALEX GAMBAL SAINT ROMAIN BLANC MAGNUM
Price: $85.00               Your Price: $74.80              Quantity in Stock: 17
2016 ALEX GAMBAL SAINT ROMAIN BLANC MAGNUM
Price: $85.00               Your Price: $74.80              Quantity in Stock: 27

Grand Cru White Burgundy

1992 Joseph Drouhin Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru
Price: $375.00                   Sale Price: $300.00                Quantity in Stock: 3
1993 Laboure Roi Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru
Price: $250.00                   Sale Price: $195.00                Quantity in Stock: 4
2003 Louis Latour Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru
Price: $285.00                   Sale Price: $240.00                Quantity in Stock: 1
2016 Bouchard Pere Et Fils Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru
Price: $245.00                   Your Price: $215.60                Quantity in Stock: 24
2018 Domaine Rapet Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru
Price: $187.50                   Your Price: $165.00                Quantity in Stock: 3
2018 Bouchard Pere and Fils Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru
Price: $270.00                   Your Price: $237.60                Quantity in Stock: 2
2018 Louis Latour Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru
Price: $300.00                   Your Price: $264.00                Quantity in Stock: 8
2019 DOMAINE RAPET CORTON CHARLEMAGNE GRAND CRU
Price: $190.00                   Your Price: $167.20                Quantity in Stock: 5
2019 Bonneau du Martray Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru Magnum
Price: $1032.00                                Your Price: $908.16                Quantity in Stock: 2
2019 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Cote de Beaune France
Price: $9950.00                                Your Price: $8756.00                Quantity in Stock: 1
2020 LOUIS JADOT CORTON CHARLEMAGNE GRAND CRU MAGNUM
Price: $675.00                   Your Price: $594.00                Quantity in Stock: 2

Chevalier Montrachet


2021 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier Montrachet Grand Cru
Price: $2950.00                                Your Price: $2596.00                Quantity in Stock: 2
2021 Domaine Jadot Chevalier Montrachet Les Demoiselle Grand Cru
Price: $958.00                                   Your Price: $843.04                Quantity in Stock: 6
2020 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier Montrachet Grand Cru
Price: $2995.00                                Your Price: $2635.60                Quantity in Stock: 1
2019 BOUCHARD PERE ET FILS CHEVALIER MONTRACHET La Cabotte GRAND CRU MAGNUM
Price: $2100.00                                Your Price: $1848.00                Quantity in Stock: 6
2018 Alex Gambal Chevalier Montrachet Grand Cru
Price: $795.00                                   Your Price: $699.60                Quantity in Stock: 1

Batard Montrachet

2018 Louis Jadot Batard Montrachet Grand Cru
Price: $495.00                   Your Price: $435.60                        Quantity in Stock: 1
2019 Louis Jadot Batard Montrachet Grand Cru
Price: $525.00                   Your Price: $462.00                Quantity in Stock: 3
2020 Domaine Leflaive Bienvenues Batard Montrachet Grand Cru
Price: $1995.00                                Your Price: $1755.60                Quantity in Stock: 1
2021 Blain Gagnard Batard Montrachet Grand Cru
Price: $469.00                   Your Price: $412.72                Quantity in Stock: 6
2021 Domaine Leflaive Batard Montrachet Grand Cru
Price: $2450.00                                Your Price: $2156.00                Quantity in Stock: 2

Montrachet

2019 Louis Jadot Montrachet Grand Cru
Price: $965.75       Your Price: $849.86     Quantity in Stock: 10
2018 Bouchard Pere et Fils Montrachet Grand Cru 3 LITER
Price: $5950.00      Your Price: $5236.00      Quantity in Stock: 1
2018 Bouchard Pere et Fils Montrachet Grand Cru Magnum
Price: $2325.00      Your Price: $2046.00       Quantity in Stock: 1
1995 Bouchard Pere et Fils Montrachet Grand Cru
Price: $750.00       Your Price: $660.00        Quantity in Stock: 1

Whites from the Macon

2022 Domaine Sallet Macon Uchizy Les Maranches Chardonnay
Price: $18.75               Your Price: $16.50              Quantity in Stock: 44
BEST VALUE IN THE WHITE BURGUNDY SECTION: This wine is made from 25-year-old vines and spends 7 months in stainless steel on the fine lees.  It has a very precise and focused nose with light perfumed citrus and honeysuckle floral hints, very forward and seductive.  A very fresh wine on the palate almost a little spritz on the tongue, a fine example of modern day Macon, fresh tree fruits a vibrant citric finish accompanied by spice and a hint of floral notes at the end.  Finish 35+   VERY GOOD +

2021 Domaine Gonon Pouilly Fuisse Vieilles Vignes
Price: $35.00               Your Price: $30.80              Quantity in Stock: 38
2021 Louis Jadot Pouilly Fuisse 1ER Cru
Price: $54.00                     Your Price: $47.52                Quantity in Stock: 10
2018 Esprit Leflaive Pouilly Fuisse
Price: $130.00                   Your Price: $114.40                Quantity in Stock: 11
2011 Domaine Robert Denogent Pouilly Fuisse Magnum
Price: $70.00                     Sale Price: $59.00                Quantity in Stock: 1