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Thierry Pillot, Saint Aubin 1er Cru "Les Castets", 2023

White Wine from Burgundy, France
by Thierry Pillot
$124.99
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Saint-Aubin remains Burgundy's best-kept secret, and Les Castets reveals why. At 300-350 meters elevation, cooler than most Côte de Beaune vineyards and 75% classified as Premier Cru, this appellation captures mountain freshness that warmer vintages crave. Les Castets itself—a clay-limestone plot barely 30 ares, southeast-facing—produces Chardonnay of crystalline limestone character that Thierry Pillot's philosophy of minimal intervention amplifies into pure expression. The steep slope's excellent east-south-east exposure means sun-ripened fruit balanced by alpine cool, white flowers and subtle salt minerality emerging with remarkable definition. The 2023 vintage emphasizes this altitude advantage: aromatic finesse, precise acidity, and mineral purity that suggest elegant aging potential while remaining impossibly fresh now. This wine demonstrates Pillot's mastery across the Côte—different altitudes, different sites, always the same commitment to letting terroir speak.

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More about Thierry Pillot

Thierry Pillot took over Domaine Paul Pillot in 2004 and immediately made a statement: this place was getting better. Under his watch, Chassagne-Montrachet and Saint-Aubin became showcases for non-interventionist winemaking—minimal new wood, careful vineyard work, and an obsession with precision. He also runs an eponymous micro-négoce buying organic grapes, not juice, creating fresh, salty, precise white Burgundy that tastes like it understood what it was meant to be from the start.

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Poached halibut with lemon beurre blanc; aged Comté cheese.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Chardonnay

  • Vintage

    2023

  • Size

    750ml

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

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