2005 Domaine Coche-Dury Puligny-Montrachet Les Enseigneres
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Quite a bit of matchstick on the nose, verging into smoked liquorice. Medium body – not skinny – and still masses of acidity. These Coche wines are primarily Coche rather than expressing vineyard differences very blatantly. Very neat and precise. You wouldn't describe it as rich in the great scheme of things (I hope it will be okay with the fresh crab planned) but it's actually very full and broad on the finish. This is a very good bottle that really builds towards its finale. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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The 2005 Puligny-Montrachet Enseignieres takes the aromatic complexity and delineation of the 2004 and ramps it up a few notches: here stunning mineralite and tension reminiscent of the 2005 Corton-Charlemagne. The palate is precise on the entry with pitch-perfect acidity, linear at first but, then fanning out beautifully toward the long and tender finish. This represents one of the finest vintages I have tasted from this vineyard. Tasted November 2013. Here is another raft of wines from the most feted and yet still mysterious Cote de Beaune growers. Jean-Francois Coche’s reds are more elusive than his whites, but they can be astonishing. Importer: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA; tel. (510) 524-1524
Subdued aromas of ripe peach and orange; I would have picked this as Meursault from the nose. Powerful, bright and sharply delineated but quite shocked by the bottling today and a bit awkward as a result. Today this very young wine lacks the sweetness of Coche's Meursault bottlings. Perhaps best on the long, well-defined aftertaste.
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