Puligny Montrachet

Very Puligny, that line of hard stone, somehow mouthwatering freshness making a straight line through the palate and energising the quite opulent ripe fruit texture, and making it nicely long. Mo...(read more)

Succeeds in being very Puligny while also as close to Chablis as the Côte de Beaune gets. A really good example - straight and true.

Fine nose, delicate and airy, palate fresh and silkily insinuating, floral and stony at the same time. Complete and nicely long, a lovely village wine.

Bright pale gold, sappy sweetness, very silky-smooth, a feeling of a very pure brightness on top of quite a lot of volume. A bit of saline, and long with lively balance.

Greener colour than the Pucelles tasted before. Fresh and positive, a tiny point of sweetness giving way to intense mineral drive. Quite dense, quite closed, slightly saline - a lovely balance. R...(read more)

Even deeper colour than the Pucelles. Ripe, rich, all with great purity. A subtle touch of sweetness, but tantalisingly, evanescent. Lovely mineral middle, lots of volume and roundness. 'Buttery'...(read more)

Extraordinary balance. Very pure and all in a line. Weighty and crystalline, very fresh juice. Lovely pure length. "More structure", says Henri, "one of my favourites in 2012".

Openly aromatic, showing ripe and with a lovely enveloping, appetising yellow fruit - ripe peach - but also a calls to mind fine leather in aroma as well a the supple, rich feel. Immense class, b...(read more)