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Domaine Alvina Pernot. In 2018, Alvina established her own négoce, growing grapes from her grandfather's vineyards. After a rigorous selection of which plots best suited her own style, she began production. Alvina wants to make wines with a bit more tension and therefore seeks grapes from higher-altitude plots. Moreover, she prefers to pick earlier to preserve more freshness and tension. From the debut 2018 vintage, Alvina Pernot no longer used new oak. All wines matured on their lees in used barrels, mainly from François Frères, until they were transferred to be bottled.
The soil high on this part of the hill is knobby and exposed to the wind. The resulting wines can reflect this, and while still elegant, herbaceous and floral, they can be a little austere and mineral in their youth. Still, there are examples that respond well to bottle aging. The site is one of the highest and northernmost in Puligny-Montrachet, on the border between Meursault and Blagny. In fact, Les Chalumaux lies on the same part of the slope as Meursault's Perrieres, with which it shares a similar terroir.