1999 Puligny Montrachet Les Folatieres
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Our first white of the evening, the 1999 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 1er Cru from Domaine d'Auvenay is quite rich and heavy. Scents of crème brulée, apricot, chamomile and spice, along with slightly oxidative notes, are all signs of a wine that is fully mature. At twenty-three years of age, for any other grower, I would conclude that the 1999 is simply mature, but not necessarily premoxed. But for Lalou Bize-Leroy, whose whites typically age gracefully for decades, this is not a great showing. Whether that is attributable to the wine itself or to other conditions such as shipping and or storage is of course impossible to know.
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Neal Martin
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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The 1999 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 1er Cru boasts a bouquet that stops you in your tracks. It is blessed with stunning delineation despite just a subtle reduction – traces of white chocolate and white truffles underlying the electrifying flint-like aromas. The palate is crisp and fresh, the warmth of that growing season imparting weight and presence to this Puligny-Montrachet, long and persistent with a hint of ginger towards the finish, completing a truly awesome Folatières. 1,455 bottles produced. Tasted at Carré des Feuillants restaurant in Paris.