Etymology
This Puligny-Montrachet lieu-dit bears the same name as the wood and also the mountain nearby that is locally called “La Petite Montagne”. Sources flow there intermittently in spring. Can we relate this place name to the Pre-Celtic root *TAR/*TER/*TOR – shortened here to two letters *TR – “fast flowing water”, to the origin of the Terron river name at Santenay? The final syllable “-in” can be often found in some Côte river names such as the Limozin at Meursault, for example.
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The vineyard plot(s)
Vines planted 35 years ago on 161-49C rootstocks.
The soil and subsoil
Rocky, clayey limestone scree over a middle and upper Oxfordian era subsoil (j5-6a) : white marl and marly limestone.
The vinification
According to the vintage conditions.
The exposition
Vineyard is located above the hamlet of Blagny at an altitude of 350 – 360 metres. It is east south-east facing.