2017 Puligny Montrachet Les Referts
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The 2017 Puligny-Montrachet Les Referts 1er Cru has a taut, linear, comparatively austere bouquet, direct and focused – quintessential Puligny. The palate is very well balanced with cleverly integrated oak, perfectly judged acidity and impressive weight and density toward the finish, while retaining a sense of elegance. This does need 3–4 years in bottle just to address the creaminess on the finish, but it’s a lovely Puligny. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting in Savigny-lès-Beaune.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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The 2017 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts is showing beautifully, opening in the glass with scents of citrus oil, wheat toast, pastry cream, crisp green apple and iodine. Medium to full-bodied, racy and incisive, this elegantly textural wine is deep, concentrated and mineral.
Inviting aroma of zesty lemon fruit and broader notes of lees and oak. Mealy citrus. Not particularly intense but already harmonious and quite open. (JH)