Michel Bouzereau, Puligny Montrachet Champ Gain

Michel Bouzereau, Puligny Montrachet Champ Gain(from a . 40 ha parcel that abuts Truffire). Like the Tessons, this is aromatically quite cool with restrained aromas of mostly floral and citrus along with background hints of green apple. The sleek, intense and more obviously mineral driven medium weight flavors possess fine balance on the very dry finale. This will need to develop better depth to merit the upper end of my projected range.

Subtle wood spice notes highlight the reserved

There is good richness but also good delineation to the delicious and lightly mineral-inflected flavors that possess a mouth coating finish

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solidly structured flavors with very good if not exceptional length

The outstanding intensity hasn’t changed however as the energetic

This was brooding in barrel and now that it’s in bottle it is still brooding with an introverted nose that allows itself to be evaluated only after aggressive swirling grudgingly liberates glimpses of earthy

the wine is rich

pure and bright

This is not overly concentrated but the harmony of expression is impressive and I very much like the complex floral quality of the finale

there is enough structure and underlying material to allow for at least a few years of upside development

This very firmly structured effort is a definite ‘wow’ wine that should amply reward long-term cellaring