Puligny Montrachet, Les Perrières, 1er Cru, 2023

This cuvée has excelled in recent years and is really starting to challenge its stable mates as one the best 1er Crus in this cellar. So refined and well balanced, the most typically "Puligny" of Sauzet's wines. Silky, sunny yellow fruits mixed with bright minerals and flint. Tactile but with crunch and drive. Long, complex and stylish, this demonstrates incredible balance and controlled power. From a well-drained vineyard situated next to Referts, but very different in style, with a similar clay content although more compact and scattered with small rocky stones. The resulting wines are invariably more mineral than Referts.