Puligny-Montrachet, Les Folatieres, En La Richarde, 1er Cru, 2024
Smells fab-u-lous. With a creamy spicy complexity alongside wonderfully pure citrus fruit, there’s something rather noble and regal about this. Focussed, intense and brimming with complex and powerful minerality. Ultra-high definition, with a laser like fruit and it etches its flavour onto the palate. A wine delivered with weightless precision. “The spirit of Chevalier” Benoit remarked aptly. A real humdinger. A sensational plot of just .27ha in the En la Richard portion of Folatieres, up above Chevalier-Montrachet.
critic reviews
The 2024 Puligny-Montrachet les Folatières En la Richards 1er Cru was an absolute knockout last year. This vintage is definitely impressive with fine tension and mineralité, a sense of gusto and purpose that shaded the preceding Truffières. The palate is taut and fresh with a keen line of acidity. Detailed with a clever reduction that surfaces on the finish but never defines this wine, this seems very persistent and will repay cellaring. Superb.