2007 Domaine Étienne Sauzet Puligny-Montrachet Hameau de Blagny 1er Cru

Tasted blind at Farr Vintners Kumeu/White Burgundy tasting. The 2007 Puligny-Montrachet Hameau de Blagny from Etienne Sauzet has a lanolin and beeswax-infused bouquet that gently unfolds in the glass, though it is not quite as detailed as its peers. The palate is well balanced with an expressive opening: walnut, dried orange peel and shaved ginger notes. There is fine depth here with a slightly tangy, marmalade-tinged finish, although it does not have the complexity of its peers. Drink over the next two or three years.

(picked last, on September 11) Subtle aromas of lemon, minerals and lees. Sweet, supple and round, with ripe peach and citrus flavors. The flavors of peach and nuts carry nicely on the finish. Boudot pointed out that his 2007s mostly finished their fermentations with residual sugar in the low 1.0 to 1.2 grams-per-liter range, compared to 2.0 to 2.2 in 2006.