2016 Puligny Montrachet Les Perrieres

Jacques Carillon's 2016 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Perrières is showing brilliantly from bottle, offering up a classic bouquet of crisp green apple, lemon oil and mandarin, complemented by some subtly exotic, musky top notes that lend this wine an old-fashioned feel and which weren't perceptible from barrel. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, satiny and intensely mineral, with more flesh on its bones than the Champ Canet but with a similarly incisive line of acidity, concluding with a long finish. I suspect this is likely to drink sooner than either the Champ Canet or the Referts this year.

(these vines average 38 years of age): Discreet, inviting scents of orange zest and hazelnut. Rich and glossy in the mouth, conveying a captivating touch of sweetness to its lemon and dried fruit flavors. Fine-grained, ample and fairly round in the mid-palate but distinctly firmer on the back end, finishing with lovely grapefruit and mineral lift. This is the highest in acidity among Carillon's premier crus, at 4.2 grams per liter.