Tasting Notes
Wine Advocate 93
The 2017 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Combettes is very promising, unwinding in the glass with notes of lemon, tangerine oil, dried white flowers, honeycomb and spices. On the palate, it’s medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with broader shoulders than the Clavoillon, with tangy balancing acids, thrilling incipient complexity and a long, saline finish.
JancisRobinson.com 18/20
Old vines that
struggle, planted in 1963 and 1972. Lots of millerandage. They keep thinking of
pulling them out but the quality of the small berries is too good, even if the
yield is ‘awful’. Racked to tank just before the 2018 harvest. 10 barrels produced.
Gorgeous mineral and smoky on the nose, very finely oaked and
creamy. Tiny berries that give a creamy roundness that wraps up the intensity
on the mid palate. Concentration and finesse at the same time. Pure and
persistent. (JH)
Anticipated maturity: 2022-2030
