2005 Puligny Montrachet Champ Canet
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Reticent but highly nuanced nose suggests white peach, hawthorn and acacia flower. Sweet, lush and fine-grained, with sharply delineated flavors of white peach and lime. Wonderfully concentrated, complex premier cru, finishing with superb elegance and grip. Very long and subtle on the back end. Wait four or five years on this one. These vines, planted on classic argilo-calcaire soil on the mid-slope, average 52 years of age, according to Boudot.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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A bit looser than the previous two premier crus. Fine and sleek but less dramatic. (JR)
(there was considerable millerandage here and in the Combettes in '05) Sweet, rich aromas of stone fruits and honey. The fattest and sweetest sample to this point but also quite gripping, with lovely density, intensity and lift. This carries impressively on the back end. Strong juice here.