2005 Puligny Montrachet Les Folatieres
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The 2005 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 1er Cru has a multidimensional bouquet that delivers intense honeycomb and brioche intertwined through the mineral-rich citrus fruit. The palate displays a perfect line of acidity, a brilliantly poised and tensile Folatières from Lalou Bize-Leroy that unlike the 1999 just builds and builds towards a focused and electrifying finish that shimmers with energy. Frankly, I cannot think of many Puligny Premier Crus that have surpassed this astonishing wine. 897 bottles produced. Tasted at Carré des Feuillants restaurant in Paris.
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Neal Martin
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Slightly hazy yellow. Musky aromas of peach, flowers, minerals and smoke. Sweet, fat and very ripe but with enticing minerality and excellent mid-palate lift. Perhaps best today on the long, firm back end, which features slowly mounting flavors of peach and smoke.