2015 Puligny Montrachet Les Referts
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The 2015 Puligny-Montrachet Les Referts 1er Cru has a clean, fresh bouquet with scents of green apple and fresh pear allied with subtle crushed stone aromas. It is not intense but it is certainly precise. The palate is well balanced with a slightly honeyed entry, and very spicy and viscous. The almost Condrieu-like finish does not sing of Puligny and seems to be hewn from a different wine than the aromatics. Strange! Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Neal Martin
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Bright, light yellow. Lively scents of lemon zest and clove, with a touch of leesy reduction. Silky and fine-grained, with white peach and lemon flavors nicely framed by harmonious acidity. The Garenne is more generous than this wine, noted Jean-Marc Boillot, but the Referts has been finer and more elegant since the end of the fermentation. A very suave 2015 with an impression of delicacy, in spite of its alcohol close to 14%.
More refined than most from this stable. Lots to contemplate and chew on. But a bitter note at the end. (JR)