Puligny Montrachet Premier Cru
Case price (Bottle 3 x 75cl)
Bottle 3 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Jeroboam 1 x 300cl 1cs
Jean-Baptiste liked the fruit and the flesh of his 2014s from the start, but since October he feels that the structure and sense of class have become apparent. He was happily surprised to find such regular, healthy fruit despite the hail, and, apart from the size of the crop, there was no discernible difference between the hailed vineyards and the others. Overall his crop was 40 percent below a normal year, and 10 percent below 2013, so his pricing this year is eminently fair.
Jasper Morris MW, Berrys' Burgundy Director The wines under this label are made by Dominique Lafon in Meursault, in separate premises from Domaine des Comtes Lafon. Though this label has négociant status, all of the wines still come from vineyards owned or farmed by Dominique. The Bourgogne Blanc is a significant acquisition this year, being part of the former Domaine René Manuel and on the whole, this is a lovely range of wines.
(Alan Meadows - Burghound - 01-Jun-2009)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Antonio Galloni - The Wine Advocate #196, Aug 2011
Jeroboam 1 x 300cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 1 x 150cl 1cs
Jasper Morris MW - Wine Buyer
The biodynamic Bachelet boys, Benoît and Jean-Baptiste, began picking on 3rd September, reporting very good yields in white, close to the ideal, but down in red. The whites are superb again this year, scarcely showing any sense of heat, but enjoying excellent concentration with good balancing acidity. I would sign up for this every year, says Jean-Baptiste! As always, the wines will stay in barrel for nearly two years before bottling.
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Jasper Morris MW, Wine Buyer
The vintage here began on 1st September and lasted a week. Jean-Philippe reports excellent yields in 2015, much more than in 2014. He hardly needed to settle the juice after pressing because the grapes were so healthy. He also took longer over the press cycle but has stirred the lees much less. The plan is for more natural body in his wines and less technique. He has also been reasonable with his prices this year: “Wine is a product for sharing,” he notes.
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Jasper Morris MW, Wine Buyer
This year Pierre Vincent has been able to achieve his aim of an ideal barrel rotation. Each of these wines has been matured in one-third new wood, one-third one-year-old and one-third two-year-old. Because of the exceptional health of the grapes in 2015, he has also been able to vinify all the wines without de-stemming. His 2015 reds are wines of grace and elegance, while the white wines (picked from 28th August) have an impressive tension alongside a concentration of fruit.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director
Olivier and Corinne Merlin have been running their small domaine in the village of La Roche Vineuse for 25 years now, with superb attention to detail in the vineyards enabling them to make outstanding wines year in, year out. For Olivier, 2012 is a beautifully balanced vintage, with natural alcohol levels between 12.5% and 13.5%, and while yields are on the low side, the picture is much less catastrophic than in the Côte de Beaune. Olivier has been cutting back on the new wood, with most cuvées now receiving between 10 and 20%.
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
In the last three years this has been outstanding, and in this vintage it is of Grand Cru quality. On the palate it is pure Puligny, exploding with rich but perfectly focussed ripe, slightly exotic fruit. This is a wine of great style. (David Jones, Fine Wine Sales Advisor)
This Puligny-Montrachet wine was one of the stars of Berrys’ tasting trip to Burgundy in November. De Montille’s Caillerets has some quite exotic flavours at the front but still maintains its sense of refinement in combination with an amazingly intense middle palate and a scintillating finish. This is very complete and should age very well indeed.
(Jasper Morris MW, BBR Burgundy Buyer)
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 3cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Director
Domaine de Montille picked between the 18th and 26th September in 2010. The red wines, made by American Brian Sieve (one of two winemakers in this catalogue born in Indianapolis!) under the surveillance of Etienne de Montille, now show a consistency of style and quality that perhaps was not entirely there a few years ago. The whites are the responsibility of Etiennes sister Alix and maintain the class of recent times. Together they have produced a fine result in 2010.
Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Yields are significantly down this year at Jobard unfortunately, but the quality is as great as ever and Le Trézin is no different. Orange Blossom and Lemon Verbena notes unveil the vibrant mid-palate energy which hints at the huge potential which this wine undoubtedly has.
(Gary Owen, Private Account Manager)
Delicious Puligny from the top of the hill. The bouquet shows a bounce of minerals, pure and beautiful, with real energy right across the palate. Fine length. An admirable, textbook example.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Director
Antoine Jobard started picking on Sunday 19th September and hurried through so as to finish before the rains, announced for the following Friday, arrived. The wines have the same concentration as in François Jobard’s time but a greater purity. There is little emphasis on new oak, with an average of 20% new barrels across the range, leaving the wines to speak for themselves. Everything was fully ripe in 2010 but nothing exceeded 13.3% alcohol, so the balance is certainly there.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Director
The former Domaine René Manuel has been purchased by investors, the vineyards being split between Domaine des Comtes Lafon and Domaine Roulot while Dominique Lafon himself has moved production of his own label wines to the Manuel cellars in Meursault, as well as gaining some Bourgogne Blanc vines. Though Dominique operates officially under the status of negociant, all the wines are domaine grown and bottled except the Bourgogne Blanc, which will be next year.
Neal Martin, The Wine Advocate. 31st December 2015.
Bottle 6 x 75cl 3cs
89/91 Neal Martin eRobertParker.com #222 Dec 2015