2018 Puligny Montrachet Champs Gains
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The 2018 Puligny-Montrachet Champ Gain 1er Cru has a very phenolic bouquet that is current debating whether to be a white Burgundy or a white northern Rhône! Beeswax, honeysuckle, peach skin and a touch of mandarin. The palate is medium-bodied with peach and elderflower on the entry. Moderate depth, showy but missing the breeding of the best Pulignys in this vintage. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2018 white tasting.
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The 2018 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Champ Gain is one of the highlights of the range, offering up a lovely bouquet of white currants, citrus zest, fresh pear and hazelnuts, followed by a medium to full-bodied, ample and enveloping palate that's underpinned by racy acids, concluding with a penetrating finish.
The 2018 Puligny-Montrachet Champ Gain 1er Cru is clearly a level up compared to the Village Cru, offering intense orange zest, Granny Smith apple and crushed pebble aromas. The lightly spiced, well-balanced palate offers a fine bead of acidity and orange zest, mango and light pineapple notes toward the persistent finish. Drink over the next decade.
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.