Henri Boillot, Puligny Montrachet Perrieres Size:6x750ml

Henri Boillot, Puligny Montrachet Perrieres Size:6x750mlA touch of unabsorbed SO2 doesnt seriously detract from the pretty, airy and nicely layered aromas of apple, pear and white flower scents. The super sleek, intense and mineral driven medium weight flavors possess excellent verve and cut, all wrapped in a strikingly long, balanced and built to age finish. This is excellent and should also age effortlessly for a decade plus.

uniting attributes of youth and maturity

size and weight to the big-bodied and muscular flavors that terminate in a balanced and impressively long finale that could again use better depth

The refined yet tautly muscled flavors possess good detail and plenty of punch before culminating in a dusty and mouth coating finish of grand cru depth and persistence

The Fonseca is probably more powerful in the Fladgate Group offerings in this vintage (and

all wrapped in a nicely complex and persistent finish

rich and intense

with velvety tannins adding shape and gentle grip

this very firm effort is so rich that it will likely be approachable after only 7 to 8 years of bottle age

powerful and concentrated flavors that deliver outstanding length

There is very good verve to the utterly delicious and slightly finer medium weight flavors that coat the palate with dry extract on the balanced and harmonious finish

2014 was one of those vintages when it was impossible not to sit up and take notice of what was happening at Lafon-Rochet

Tasting Viña El Pisón 1998 twenty years on is a firm reminder that far too many wines are drunk too young