2016 Puligny Montrachet Champ Canet

The 2016 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Champ Canet is showing very well, unfurling in the glass with notes of lemon oil, pastry cream, white flowers and crushed chalk. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, tensile and stony, with excellent depth and structure at the core, with a racier, less fleshy profile than its 2017 sibling. Again, this is showing a depth and structural integrity from bottle that I didn't fully appreciate from barrel.

Pale yellow. Aromas of white peach and menthol, along with a hint of candied lemon peel and a complicating leesy nuance. At once juicy and fine-grained, with its enticing fruit flavors given shape by fresh acidity. Supple and nicely balanced, but I'd give this at least another three years in the cellar.

The 2016 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Champ Canet has a terse, wet limestone-scented bouquet that is austere but very well defined. Tres Puligny! The palate is crisp and taut with very good weight in the mouth, a fine thread of acidity and real salinite on the finish that you can feel a good 30 seconds after the wine has departed. Recommended. Dec 2017, www.robertparker.com