2005 Puligny Montrachet Les Combettes

Very ripe aromas of peach, hazelnut and minerals; smells like a Puligny on the Meursault border, which it is. The sweetest of these wines to this point, but with good ripe acidity framing the fruit and giving the wine energy. Wonderfully smooth and fat but also has solid underlying structure. Finishes with lingering suggestions of exotic fruits. These vines average 50 years of age, says Girardin, who always harvests early in this plot.