Puligny-Montrachet, Champ Canet, 1er Cru, 2014
There’s more flesh, more depth here. Fine rich fruit from the Meursault side of the appellation whose old vines always produce small grapes. Always one of the early pickers. This is on the powerful, structured and fuller-bodied side of the spectrum, yet it remains extremely electric and alive. It needs some time to unwind and show itself fully but the long persistent finish points to lovely things to come. A great Puligny vineyard situated mid-slope, above Combettes and next door to Meursault Perrières, planted on a well-balanced mix of clay and limestone soils. The vines average 50 years old.
critic reviews
(13% alcohol; from a sunny, early-ripening site): Light, bright yellow. Yellow stone fruits and a whiff of pear on the deeply pitched, rather powerful nose; distinctly less delicate than the higher-altitude La Truffière. Fat, round and sweet but lacking the detail of Sauzet's other 2014 premier crus from Puligny; in fact, this is the first wine to taste a bit warm. Finishes a bit phenolic, with an edge of acidity giving the wine piquant lift but a slightly disjointed character. This was Sauzet's most hailed-on site, noted winemaker Riffault, although he maintained that only 15% of the fruit was affected.