2018 Puligny Montrachet Clos du Cailleret
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The 2018 Puligny-Montrachet Clos du Cailleret 1er Cru has more brightness on the nose compared to the Les Folatières, offering lime, hints of passion fruit and citrus peel. The palate is well balanced with a saline entry, modest complexity and a little more energy and tension on the finish than the Folatières, but it still lags behind its peers.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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The 2018 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos du Cailleret is also showing very well, exhibiting notes of citrus oil, fresh pastry, crisp green orchard fruit and a subtle framing of new oak. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, satiny and enveloping, with racy acids, chalky structure and a beautifully defined finish.
Ex Domaine Chartron vineyard. Made the same way as Les Folatières. A bit warmer and more limestone stones in the clay. Tank sample, ready to bottle after Christmas. Very different to the Les Folatières on the nose, more stony mineral and more lifted herbal citrus. Precision and tension immediate with just a hint of smart, spicy oak. Much more tension and even more freshness here. Tight, piercing and long. Structured, direct. (JH)
About the producer
Domaine des Lambrays is one of Morey-Saint-Denis’s most famous estates, its history closely tied to the Grand Cru from which it takes its name – Clos des Lambrays.