Producer note: Paul Pernot's son Philippe presented the wines while noting that the "2021 growing season was frankly extremely difficult as it began with a devastating frost. We protected some vineyards but how effective it was is debatable. We had some vineyards destroyed to the point of 90%. For example, in Blagny we made 2 barrels instead of 20 and in Folatières we made 8 barrels rather than 60! And in Champ Canet we lost the entire crop and the Chalumeaux was scarcely better. In fact, the only vineyard where we didn't do too badly were the Pucelles and the Puligny villages as they are a bit lower down the slope where the damage was less consequential. The losses in Bienvenues and Bâtard came in around 50% and about the only encouraging aspect of the vintage is that the quality is actually excellent though I confess to not thinking it would be at the time we began picking on the September 22nd." The 2021s were bottled in July 2022 using the Diam brand composite cork. I found the quality of the Pernot 2021s to be some of the best that I have ever seen from them and given their relatively reasonable pricing in most markets, they're absolutely worth checking out. Note that the Chalumeaux and Champ Canet were obviously not presented. (Atherton Wine Imports, www.awiwine.com, CA, USA; Jeanne Marie Dechamps from Domaines et Saveurs Collection, www.ds-collection.com, France; Fine + Rare Wines Ltd., www.frw.co.uk, UK; Fine Wine Experience, www.finewineexperience.com, and Kerry Wine, www.kerrywines.com, Hong Kong/China; Simple, www.siimple.ru, Russia; Govin Grands Terroirs, www.govin.com.br, Brazil; Wine Culture, www.wineculture.com.sg, Singapore; Premium Wine Exchange, www.pwxchange.com/ph, Philippines; and Tatung Atherton, www.wine.com.tw, Taiwan).