2018 Puligny Montrachet Les Clavoillons
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Produced from the domaine's oldest vines, the 2018 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Clavoillons represents a step up in concentration and completeness, offering up aromas of smoky pear and citrus fruit mingled with beeswax and warm spices, followed by a medium to full-bodied, deep and attractively textural palate.
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Tim Jackson MW, jancisrobinson.com
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Almond, smoke, flint and ripe apple, with bags of flinty, nutty citrus fruit. Lots of tension; lots of length. Hold. GV (TJ)
The 2018 Puligny-Montrachet Clavoillons 1er Cru comes from 0.50 hectares of 60-year-old vines and sees around 35% new oak. It has a little more detail and stoniness on the nose compared directly with the Champ Gains. The palate is very well balanced, with orange pith, lime, a pinch of white pepper and flinty notes toward the sustained finish. It might need a little more depth considering the climat in question, although it does reveal a very pleasant fiery quality on the aftertaste.
Tank sample soon to be bottled. A touch more smoky than the Puligny Charmes with a hint of reduction – not too much to overwhelm the grapefruit flavours. Lots of tension as well as good depth of fruit. (JH)