Puligny Montrachet, Les Folatières, 1er Cru,

Much surlier than the gregarious Referts, brooding and minerally with great concentration of flavour. Tightly-coiled and reserved but there is energy and depth aplenty here. Crunchy citrus and yellow plum fruit mixed with dry stone and sea salt characteristics. Long, rich but vivid and tense. 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.