2019 Puligny Montrachet Champs Gains
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The 2019 Puligny-Montrachet Champ Gains 1er Cru has a malic nose. Granny Smith apples commingle with pear and dewy meadow. It develops more tropical tones and hints of passion fruit with aeration. The palate is relatively concentrated on the entry. What feels like some botrytized fruit renders it confit -like, with dried honey and a touch of stem ginger. It drifts too far away from Puligny on the finish, though it is still an enjoyable white Burgundy, albeit not a long-term proposition. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.
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Neal Martin
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The 2019 Puligny-Montrachet Champ Gain 1er Cru has an intense bouquet of lightly honeyed fruit and yellow flowers infused with touches of crushed limestone. The palate is rounded and honeyed in texture, and lower in acidity than I would like, although I appreciate the length and salinity on the finish.
About the producer
Based south of Nuits-Saint-Georges in Prémeaux-Prissey, Domaine de la Vougeraie was created in 1999, grouping all of Jean-Claude Boisset’s holdings under one name. The property has a total 40 hectares of vines, with extensive holdings in Vougeot as well as plots in six Grands Crus.