Etienne Sauzet, Puligny Montrachet Perrieres

Etienne Sauzet, Puligny Montrachet Perrieres(from vines planted in 1986 and located in very compact, dense soil full of rocks and minerals; aged in 33% new wood). Notes of mineral reduction, citrus peel and once again acacia blossom precede finer and more detailed if slightly less voluminous flavors that exhibit much more evident minerality on the super saline, intense and strikingly persistent if linear finale where a hint of youthful austerity appears. This is clearly built to age and will

The 2015 Le Petit Mouton feels a little closed on the nose

There is outstanding delineation and intensity to the refined and pure medium-bodied flavors that are shaped by deceptively pliant tannins on the saline-inflected finish that seems to be constructed from liquid stone

forward and delicious flavors that are very Chambollesque in character

which flirts with perfection

The 2005 Paleo Rosso needed time in bottle to allow the Cabernet Franc signatures to emerge

Aged for 18 months in oak (40% new)

This border-line massive effort will require the better part of a decade to reach its full potential but should be well worth the wait as the underlying material is most impressive

A more deeply pitched and brooding nose only grudgingly reveals its aromas of cassis plum liqueur and pungent earth where the latter is also found on the vibrant and well-detailed big-bodied and tautly muscular flavors that deliver excellent depth and persistence

there are no single vineyard wines

it begins to reveal beguiling notes of fragrant earth

a Chardonnay that exudes finesse

wild fungi and crushed rocks plus a waft of powdered cinnamon