2009 Puligny Montrachet Les Folatieres
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Pale, green-tinged yellow. Delicate aromas of citrus peel, flowers and minerals; nothing hot-vintage about this nose. Juicy, delineated and backward, offering compelling delicacy and enticing inner-mouth perfume to its flavors of peach, white flowers and wild herbs. Pernot used to pick this plot very early but is now picking it later--especially in 2009, when the fruit was slow to ripen due to hydric stress.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Pale, green-tinged color. Aromatic nose combines flowers, minerals, white pepper and wild herbs. Nicely full and moderately ripe, with a juicy quality to its white peach and floral flavors. These vines were slow to ripen owing to some hydric stress, noted Pernot, who said he picked his Folatieres on September 15 and 16. The potential alcohol was 12.8% and the wine was chaptalized to 13.3%. (I found a medicinal herbal quality in the Meursault La Piece Sous Le Bois and was put off by a finishing harshness.)
About the producer
Domaine Paul Pernot is synonymous with Puligny-Montrachet. For the last 30 years, the estate – alongside Domaine Leflaive and Domaine de Montille (previously Château de Puligny-Montrachet) – has been one of the largest shareholders in the appellation.