2018 Puligny Montrachet Les Chalumeaux
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The 2018 Puligny-Montrachet Les Chalumaux 1er Cru has a detailed bouquet with dewy green apples and wet limestone aromas. This feels much tighter than the Puligny-Village (which has not dissimilar terroir, although this is located closer to Blagny). The palate is well defined with fine weight in the mouth, good salinity and little fatness toward the oily, linseed-tinged finish, which lingers in the mouth. Very fine.
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Neal Martin
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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This is quite firmly reduced and impossible to read the nose today. Otherwise there is terrific punch to the beautifully well-delineated medium-bodied flavors that flash a bit more minerality if not quite the same mid-palate density on the crunchy, clean, very dry and slightly more complex finale. Lovely.
The 2018 Puligny-Montrachet Let Folatières 1er Cru spent 12 months in barrel (228- and 600-liter) and at the time of tasting was in stainless steel. It has a stoic, almost aloof bouquet that does not want to come out to play. The palate is well balanced with pretty apricot and ginger-tinged citrus fruit, gaining weight toward the finish, which maintains the spicy edge all the way through. Excellent.
About the producer
Volnay’s Domaine de Montille is one of the most historic in the Côte d’Or. Founded in 1730, the property remains family-owned and run, with Etienne de Montille – the ninth generation – at the helm today.