Puligny-Montrachet, Les Folatières, 1er Cru, 2015
A wonderful version of Folatières that is ever so slightly more pliable than usual without losing its habitual crunch and tension. Like crushed rocks draped in a silk cloak, the flavours are at once suave, yet gripping. Together with the juicy citrus and orchard fruit there is also a smooth, polished stone quality. Mineral and tense yet with some curves. Strikingly beautiful. One of the top vineyards in Puligny next to Caillerets, from a high up parcel where the soil is particularly poor and stony, but well exposed to the sun. From a particularly well situated parcel in the northernmost corner of this great vineyard, right next to the Leflaive vines.
critic reviews
The 2015 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 1er Cru is showing a lot of reduction on the nose, making it difficult to read the terroir, though I suspect that will dissipate with aeration/bottle age. The palate is well balanced with a saline entry and just a little honeyed in texture, with impressive depth and a feisty, ginger- and aniseed-tinged finish that lingers in the mouth. Very fine. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.