Wine Reviews

The 2017 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 1er Cru is well defined on the nose, fresh and taut, with an abiding sense of purity and delineation. Joyous aromatics! The palate is crisp on the entry and well balanced.

So much orange zest and orange blossom here, even a touch of blood orange! A very powerful and very fresh Puligny-Montrachet that embodies the special personality of this vintage in Burgundy. Just enough creaminess on the mid-palate from sur-lie maturation for this to harmonize, yet maintaining all the excitement of the crisp and very mineral finish. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.

So much orange zest and orange blossom here, even a touch of blood orange! A very powerful and very fresh Puligny-Montrachet that embodies the special personality of this vintage in Burgundy. Just enough creaminess on the mid-palate from sur-lie maturation for this to harmonize, yet maintaining all the excitement of the crisp and very mineral finish. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.

A slew of citrus zest and candied lemon here, together with hints of pineapple and vanilla oak. The racy, mineral acidity gives a jolt of real energy. Plenty of fine tannins that are equally focused, whipping the finish along at a brisk clip, as it rides off into the distance.

Subtle wood influence surrounds the beautifully layered and mildly exotic nose of passion fruit, dried apricot and fennel whiffs. The caressing and rich but intense and tautly muscular flavors are blessed with an abundance of sappy dry extract that buffers the very firm acid spine shaping the impressively lingering finale. Excellent.