puligny montrachet les combettes 1er cru

Etienne Sauzet

Puligny Montrachet, Les Combettes, 1er Cru, 2023

Name: Puligny Montrachet, Les Combettes, 1er Cru
Brand: Etienne Sauzet

94-96/100

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

A stop you in your tracks wine, very close to Grand Cru quality, long, highly charged and powerful with a stylish silkiness too. Intense flavours of earth, mineral butter, lime and wild blossom honey, the melt in the mouth flavours are bright rich and last for an eternity. Breathtaking. In the hands of Sauzet this one of the great Premiers Crus of Puligny, up there with Leflaive’s Pucelles.

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Critic Reviews

94-96/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2023 Puligny-Montrachet Les Combettes 1er Cru has another riveting bouquet with notes of white peach, orange pith and crushed limestone. It is intense but very elegant and delineated. The palate has exquisite balance and a little more rondeur compared to others. A touch more spiciness emerges toward the finish, with perhaps the longest aftertaste. This is superb.

drinking window 2027 - 2048

date of review 01/2025

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