2009 Domaine Bachelet-Monnot Puligny-Montrachet Les Referts 1er Cru
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Good bright pale yellow. Lemon, hazelnut and almond on the somewhat musky nose; showing some oak today. Then thick but fresh in the mouth, with strong stone fruit flavors showing lovely verve for the year. Plenty of fat here, but finishing notes of citrus fruit, flowers and spices give the wine lovely back-end lift. This really saturates the sides of the mouth.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Bright full yellow. Ripe apricot on the nose. Sweet and lush but sappy, with terrific concentration to the flavors of stone fruits, hazelnut and acacia flower. Very ripe grapes here, but firm acidity and good finishing minerality confer tension and elegance to the middle palate. Finishes very long, with a lingering impression of sucrosite I was surprised to be told that this wonderfully rich wine has just 13.2% alcohol.