2011 Puligny Montrachet Les Referts
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Pale lemon-green color. The aromas of lime, white peach and white flowers reminded me of Chassagne. Rich, pliant and deep, with a lovely sugar/acid balance to its flavors of citrus fruits, flowers and mint. Really echoes and spreads out horizontally on the taut, minerally, very long finish. At this point in our tasting, Marc Bachelet asserted that the brothers' 2011s have more material than their 2010s.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Refined and crystalline with enough fruit in the middle and the merest hint of something floral. Very marked acidity as well as good body. (JR)
Green-tinged yellow. Lemon, lime, peach and a whiff of fresh quince on the nose. A rich, sweet fruit bomb on the palate, with slightly exotic hints leavened by fresh minerality. Boasts uncanny density of texture for a wine that began with 12.2% natural alcohol (it's now 13.2%). Balanced and very long, finishing with lingering sweetness of fruit.