Puligny-Montrachet, Le Cailleret, 1er Cru, 2021
A fine sparkling stony character, very refined and dancing and agile. Wonderful zesty lemon notes, animated stones, really lovely and lifted and with a firm driving core. This is all fine lines and focussed intensity. Caillerets is an exceptionally well situated vineyard with Le Montrachet and Chevalier-Montrachet as neighbours. Only 20% of this is aged in new oak and the barrels are a mixture of barriques and larger demi-muid barrels to minimise their influence. The vines are 50 years old.
critic reviews
The 2021 Puligny-Montrachet Les Caillerets 1er Cru has a wonderful bouquet that is in a league of its own against four other wines from Caillerets. Life-affirming delineation and mineralité, palpable energy, real race and class. The palate has just a tiny reduction that imparts energy and tension. Linear at first, it goes on and on at the finish, delivering the sapidity to demand another sip a.s.a.p. This is sophisticated and enchanting. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.