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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.
Porusot (sometimes spelled "Poruzot" or "Le/s Porusot/s") is a Premier Cru vineyard in the Meursault appellation in the Côte de Beaune sub-region of Burgundy. Located (like so many others) on the middle slope of the Côte d'Or wall, the vineyard enjoys a limestone-dominated terroir well suited to the production of high-quality Chardonnay wines. At the top of the slope, the limestone is closer to the surface and generally produces the better wines. As everywhere in Burgundy, the topsoil at the bottom of the Premier Cru is deeper, with a higher clay content - less suitable for growing the best grapes.