2016 Domaine Étienne Sauzet Puligny-Montrachet La Truffiere 1er Cru
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Bright yellow. Slightly exotic aromas of apple, spices and smoky vanillin oak. Rich, ripe and full, with flavors of peach, apple and nuts joined on the end by a touch of menthol. Finishes with very good breadth. Not short on acidity but not quite as pristine as some of these '16s; this may evolve relatively quickly.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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The 2016 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Truffières is much more expressive and ripe on the nose with yellow plum, jasmine and peach skin aromas. To be honest, I rather prefer the stricter aromatics on the Les Referts. The palate is full in the mouth with just a faint suggestion of tropical fruit on the entry, but then it tapers in and becomes more “Puligny-like” in its final third. This Truffières needs to make up its mind about what it wants to be, and at this nascent stage, it had not manifested the harmony of flow of its siblings.
(Sauzet's holding is separated only by a wall from his Champ Gain and features the same vines and purchase date; just two barrels made from a yield of 30 hectoliters per hectare): Fresh apple and a rocky note on the nose. Rounder and sweeter than the Champ Gain but with sound framing acidity (4.2 grams per liter, according to Gérard Boudot). This very silky, rather full premier cru finishes with a captivating combination of fruit and savory tones.