2009 Puligny Montrachet Les Folatieres
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The 2009 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 1er Cru has an attractive butterscotch scented bouquet, brioche and hints of toffee - certainly more forward than I expected but in this instance, not pre-moxed. The palate is fresher on the entry than both colour and nose suggest with a lively bead of acidity and quite a fat, sesame-tinged finish. It seems as if the nose and the palate are advancing at different speeds, the latter more slowly and commensurate with the vineyard! Tasted at the WIMPS Xmas lunch at La Trompette.
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Neal Martin
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Bright medium yellow. Ripe peach and nectarine aromas complicated by flowers, dusty brown spices and vanillin oak. Ripe and smooth on the palate, with an impression of dusty extract to the peach and floral flavors. This nicely balanced wine shows better flavor intensity and freshness in bottle than it did in barrel but is still in a rather easygoing, approachable style.
The 2009 Puligny-Montrachet Folatieres is soft, supple and inviting. Today it is a bit shy and introverted though, with just the subtlest hints of fruit that emerge from the glass. It reveals excellent balance and an understated, saline finish laced with essence of crushed rocks. This is a wine I hope to revisit in a few months, as it appears a bit awkward at this stage. Anticipated maturity: 2013+. I tasted the 2009s with Jerome Faure-Brac, Drouhin’s head winemaker. Interestingly, Faure-Brac chose to serve these wines a touch on the warm side, so I could observe their strengths and weaknesses more clearly. It was a high stakes move, especially in a warm vintage. I am not sure I would have had the guts to make that decision, but it speaks of great conviction….and the wines came through beautifully. The 2009 harvest began on September 21st, quite late for the year. New oak levels were down sharply, malos were blocked on a number of wines and the estate did no batonnage. The wines were racked once prior to being bottled. Importer: Dreyfus Ashby & Co., New York, NY; tel. (212) 818-0770
About the producer
Joseph Drouhin is one of the largest and most famous producers in Burgundy, making both domaine and négociant wines. It remains family-owned and run, now in the hands of the fourth generation.