2016 Assortment Case (6xPM Champs Canet, 6xPM Les Perrieres)

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.