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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.
Clos de la Garenne is a small Premier Cru vineyard in the north of Puligny-Montrachet. Located on the middle slope of the Côte d'Or, next to the Folatières vineyard, it is planted with Chardonnay like its neighbours. Not to be confused with the lieu-dit La Garenne or Sur la Garenne, located 500m further up the slope, near the hamlet of Blagny. Here, the light limestone soil makes for an excellent terroir. The limestone in this part of the Côte de Beaune often gives the wines a stony, complex minerality.