Michel Colin-Deleger, Puligny Montrachet Demoiselles other_regions_italy demonstrating more exuberance than (what

demonstrating more exuberance than (what transpired to be) the 2015 Meyney

What struck me most

Meaty and smoky on the nose

game and nutty oak on the nose

Here the nose is aromatically similar to the Clos Baulet but spicier

Michel Colin-Deleger, Puligny Montrachet Demoiselles other_regions_italy demonstrating more exuberance than (what(from a . 15 ha parcel of 55+ year old vines). This is tight and closed to the point of being all but mute and only aggressive swirling coaxes shy notes of petrol, white flowers, citrus and a touch of oak toast to reveal themselves. The strikingly textured middle weight flavors seem to be constructed on a firm base of minerality before culminating in an intensely saline, mouth coating and beautifully well balanced finale. While quite firm at present