Nose: sesame seeds, stone fruits, popcorn, apricot, fried chestnut, sugar cane Notes: quite full in body with an attractive nose full of stone fruits and sesame seeds. With a diverse set of aroma this is a wonderful white with plenty of complexity. Nevertheless, I do feel that a better job can be done on the palate as it seems to be a little high on acidity so it lacks the balance one would expect compared to the nose it delivers. This is probably due to the difficult vintage of 2016 for white so it's not surprising that the palate is a little weak. I usually like this 1er Cru a lot and have been a fan of the Domaine's wines. Drink: now+ Rating: 90
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had a few weeks ago but recall this being quite beautiful. pretty white stone fruit, lemon curd, great bracing acidity, good minerality. light to medium bodied. hitting all the right notes for a Boillot white burg
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Flickinger Tasting at The Casino (Chicago, IL): Didn't love this; kind of in the same vein as the 2010 I had a few days ago. I wonder if it just needs a good number of hours open for it to aerate. But of course, the 2016 vintage was difficult so maybe not a surprise that this is missing the acidic cut I like in my white Burgundy. A little fat and oily, but not egregious like other 2016s I've had.
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Très beau nez très aromatique et assez complexe, après le silex entre autres , il y a un côté floral. La bouche est assez mure, ronde avec une acidité qui se faufile juste assez pour un bel équilibre, toujours de la classe sur ce cru et une longueur convenable, sans être grand comme la dernière bouteille bue de ce 2016, c’est très bien. 91-92
Complex and aromatic nose of silex, some flint, and lovely floral scents. The wine is fairly ripe and round, with just enough acidity that sneaks in to make it balanced, very classy and not as great as my last one a year ago but still very good.
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Perfekte Nightcap - tolles Säurespiel - viele Zitrusfrüchte bis in die Tropen. Die 13,5 Volt liefern viel Geschmack und Druck. Noch nicht perfekt reingerüttelt - schaut noch aus dem Glas. Schwierig, wenn der Wein im Glas das perfekte Temperaturfenster verlässt. Nur keine Eile - darf noch im Keller vergraben bleiben
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No notes taken. From magnum. The seductive toasted oak, toasted sesame, and flinty notes on the nose and through the palate as well as the superb fresh- and roundness are the highlights. The wine is expressive and intense from start to finish and has a wonderful balance and no shred of excess weight or ripeness. Blind, I probably would have guessed it to be a 2017 as it that freshness and the purity of fresh fruit. Superb wine. 96+pts
Decanting: No decanting needed. Great from the start and with little change in the glass over the course of an hour.
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Big ripe peach leads the way, packed with stone fruits. The smoothness is impeccable, with a light oak finish, nothing too distracting at all. Just want to go back to this again and again, probably my top white burgundy yet.
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This bottle got more air time than my prior tasting, and it was better out of the gate for it with more weight and lushness to it. Same ripe tropical fruits with lemon zest and minerals and nice food-worthy acidity. Still in an early part of its drinking window. Suspect this will be even a touch better in a few years.
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Paired with the first course at a dinner with friends at Field & Main in Marshall, Va (outstanding restaurant). This wine, regardless of the vintage, continues to amaze. Thank goodness it's not a Grand Cru vineyard - the quality would price it out of my range.
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PNP. Full yellow. Smells like a spent firework, flinty and smoky with some orchard and citrus fruits . Smoke blows away quickly and shows more minerals and flint. Deep, rich yet lively palate, lemon and orchard fruit. Surprisingly high acidity for such a warm vintage. Excellent.
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Had this with the 2014. The '16 is drinking better right now and carries plenty of ripe tropical fruits with some lemon zest and minerals and initial acidity. The wine got more rounded after about 45 minutes.
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wow, for 2016 and for Clos de la Mouchere, this thing (at least when decanted in the afternoon) was beautiful and super bright on the palate, also with depth... funny on the bright part given it looked a little darker than I would have expected... pucker up!!... i'll try to add something after my dinner in three hours but usually fail... betting this is 93'ish pts… OK — this wine was extraordinary, now putting in a concrete rating — 95 pts… very rare for me, but this mix of lift / energy, citrus fruit, and hints of minerality, is truly extraordinary
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Drank with appetizers to start dinner with friends at La Piquette in D.C. This didn't seem as open initially as prior bottles, but I'll blame that on the summer heat, as this came straight to dinner from the 'fridge and was right next to the ice pack in the wine bag. By the second pour, this was strutting more of its stuff. Tho perhaps not as fresh as the '17 and '18 (and I can't wait to dig into my '19s and '20s), but no real discernable oxidation. I will be quite curious to see if the wax capsules added with the '17 vintage work to stave off premox.
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Serious Burgundy night: Clearly a top maker and plot from the first sniff and taste. Serious, reductive nose with gunflint but also with beautiful orchard fruit. Fantastic precision and tension, impressive density of fruit on the palate. The latter characteristic made me think Meursault but after some time in the glass, the Puligny citrus notes began to show. Always one of my favourite wines.
High acidity can age a lot longer. This had the right amount of butter that was oak driven. Florals, reductiveness. Long finish. Amazing and can age longer
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One of the white wines opened to start a wine dinner at St. Anselm in DC. Maybe not quite up to the level of the '14 or '17, but a beautiful Puligny-Montrachet!
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One of my favourite white Burgs usually. I continue to struggling with the 2016 however. This still feels a bit disjointed. Nose not as flinty and complex as adjacent vintages. The palate opens ripe bit then it finishes a touch thin and acidic. Many tasting notes here are good and my friend at the table liked it as well, so may be my score is too conservative.
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I concur with the others - don't let the color fool you. This is lively, and still very young and wound up tight. From Coravin initially, then opened the bottle 4-5 days later. Even better. I would suggest a decant if you are opening a bottle..
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Couleur et nez évolué un peu pour un 2016, menthe, menthol, floral, la bouche est pourtant équilibrée avec une certaine classe indéniable avec une texture et richesse digne d’un grand premier cru ou petit grand cru. C’est très long et quand même très bon.93-94 facile
The color and nose shows it is older then what it should be but the palate shows no fatigue, gorgeous, balanced, intense, great texture, very long, love it and i wouldn’t keep any bottle too long.
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when decanted it was several shades darker than the PYCM Morgeot '19 decanted next to it, thought it might be pre-mox'd, but in fact it was bright and lively on the palate... delightful with citrus fruit and something else going on that I couldn't ID... not sure its worth the $300 plus I see on Wine-Searcher but nice for price I paid
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3 blind White Burgs (Amnon's place): Medium yellow. Stone fruits, grapefruit and citrus notes on the floral and spicy nose. The palate is silky on entry, a touch heavy but with terrific inner-mouth mineral lift intensifying the wine's lemon and floral flavors. Dense with dry extract, this finishes long. I guessed 2015 De Montille Puligny Cailleret.
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No notes taken. Excellent concentration andnintense from start to finish with a fresh and precise orchard fruit core, a balancing saline minerality, all very well defined. Very good acidity keeping the wine light, despite all the concentration. This is a great wine and should have a great future - in theory… Boillot has not a good track record when it comes to premox and still doesn’t use Diam corks.
Decanting: Double decanted 2 hours before consumption to get rid of the reductiveness. Worked fine. Shined from the first glass.
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Two 2016 Henri Boillot Pulignys drunk side-by-side at home: Slightly deeper, brighter gold than the Pucelles. A nose of grapefruit, orange, peach, pineapple and touches of gooseberry and the trademark honeycomb. Some nascent white floral perfumes. On palate, noticeably more weight, concentration and power than the Pucelles. Deeper, creamier and richer, but also drier and more mineral than the Pucelles. Also lemon meringue pie, pear, nectarine, blanched hazelnut and hints of apricot and honey. Alcohol well aligned (13.5% ABV). Grand Cru quality white Burgundy. Very long, finishing dry and mineral. A little more closed than the Pucelles. Drink 2025 - 2035. Superb. 94+.
Excellent. A bit on the more dark golden side. But no hints of premox. Beautiful nose. At first wet stones and white stone fruit and then as it opened it gained a MJ like nose. Medium plus viscous body. Lemon, tart sweet apple, minerality, medium plus finish .
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A strange showing. Rich, tropical and intense, with strong pineapple and banana notes. There was noticeable wood influence, and with air it became quite caramel-like. Not really what I am looking for from Pulingy-Montrachet. Hopefully this is not a representative bottle.
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a grand cru in all but name . drank over 3 days. on the first day, it was painfully tight even with some decanting. at its peak on day 2. all mouthfeel and lingering persistence, married to a nose of lemon curd and white flowers.
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What a wine indeed. Appealing reductive nose, white flowers, lemon, almost delicate. Steely and elegant, some cream, concentrate and taut. Incredible length, saline, steel, apricot, complex. A stunner.
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What a wine ! had to decant to remove the reductive elements but then the wine showed up with significant power. Still young worth keeping for a few years more
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Decanted before drinking to get some air and I think it was a good decision. To me there were some notable reduction/sulphuric tastes but wife and daughter liked it very much and it paired well with boiled lobsters. Good acid. Can’t say fruit was that well expressed but there was a lot going on at the table and I was distracted. Somewhat off subject, just offered the 2020 futures and they are 50% more expensive
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This is just Puligny at it's core with fabulous white fruit concentration and such a fresh mineral intensity. I think this wine drinks so well now at 5 years old.
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FWSG 2016 white burg horizontal tasting. Drank in Gabriel Standart. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of popcorn, liquid smoke, baked white chalky stones, honeyed nut, rich citrus lemon. Developing. On the palate, dry, medium+ acidity, medium alcohol, medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of rich citrus lemon, ripe melons, honeyed nut, smoke, popcorn, toasty oak integrating, chalky stones minerality. Very long finish. Very good quality. Impressive wine. Lots of things going on. Acidity could be better but I still like it anyways.
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No notes taken. This was one of the winners for the group on this warm summer night and a step up from the bottle I’ve had last year. A wonderful Chard with a lot of freshness, a light and airy feel, a quite complex aromatic profile but with an even better precision and a good length. Compared to the bottle last year, this gained in richness and complexity and it showed more precise. A great Premier on a Grand Cru level tonight.
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Popped'n poured at Passionfish in Reston, VA, but would have benefited from a decant. Even so, this outstanding - stone fruit, minerals, beautiful nose. A great wine, and still young.
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love this; gains weight and heft as it opens and warms. color - deeper golden perfume - pretty lemon fruit, white stone fruit, reductive/diesel like notes body is plenty of fruit - lemon, pineapple, some tart granny apple; good minerality; solid acidity. body gained weight as this opened and the finish rounded more and gained even greater length. long finish, particularly as it warmed up. def open for business now and likely to be in a good spot for 2-3 more years. yum.
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Lemon and lime citrus juice and white minerality make for great zing and drive. My last bottle. On to the 2017s and 2018s. I won't sit on these (and there really is no reason to) in order to best harness its freshness and energy - which is how I like my white Burgs anyway. Not worth the risk otherwise with premox always looming in the shadows. A great bottle of wine tonight. Paired beautifully with homemade pasta and lobster tails.
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Aromas of nectarine, peach, almonds, hazelnuts, citrus tart, spices. The palate is rich, full yet well defined with layers of juicy fruit, sweet spices. Slightly reductive mid-palate, good fruit concentration, lacking lift and brightness to score higher. Vintage is showing through here, certainly not a 2017, lots of fruit concentration, well-defined finish, yet not one I would rebuy at this price
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Can’t remember the last time I had a Puligny this extracted and perfectly ready. Drank in 375, so this one may be slightly advanced. Everything one looks for in white burg.
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Opened at a Clarity "Raid Your Cellar" wine dinner in the parking lot. Some incredible wines, so only a small glass of this, but it was rocking from the get-go. Beautiful fruit and minerality.
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Popped'n poured with dinner at Smyth Restaurant in Chicago, a 2 star Michelin establishment. Still on the young side and would definitely have benefited from a decant. Lively fruit and minerals, but at times fought with the menu. Unfortunately, water would have fought with the menu, as this was without a doubt the worst fine dining experience of my life. Despite having to fight with a muddled menu and odd flavor combinations, the Boillot was clearly the best part of the evening (and likely merited a higher score without the food).
no notes so NR... remember this being very nice with good lift / acidity but also a little opulence (which I kinda expect for Boillot... this bottle was a little more verve-ish than some Boillot)
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I'm sure that folks who like them 'bigger' would easily give a 93 or 94 rating... this was really really good and my only issue was style (I like them more bright / acidic / lifted and slightly less opulent)... but don't get me wrong, this was GREAT... better yet I took to a cocktail hour with several friends from high school (SMHS Class of '80) and everyone loved it for sure... this wine is good QPR over the last five or six years... and will definitely be enjoyed by your guests / the crowd
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Continuing to perform like a champ. This HB has next-level complexity that judiciously blossoms even further with additional air, making for a deliberate and succulent flavor expansion. Excellent cut without any sense of angularity. The yellow citrus notes swirl around the palate with heightened energy; simultaneously, the mid-palate depth drives concentration and intensity to the perfect markers along its entire delivery. A complete a superb young Chardonnay.
Price creep is unfortunately becoming more of an issue with progressive vintages of this particular wine, but one can't argue with its stellar performance.
Ya'll can wait to see what might happen with this wine in ten years, but I'll be enjoying these more in the early/midterm. And if I could just convince the Boillot house to start using DIAM corkage, maybe I'd be more comfortable waiting to see how this is really meant to evolve over an expanded period of time. But alas, I won't be sitting on many white Burgs at this level without more assurances they won't become a worthless bottle of lamp oil sherry after seven years.
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Tim's 50th Dinner #2: Blind. Smoky reductive notes, lemon, graphite and some toasty wax. Crackling presence on the palate, acid kicks right through. Lovely balance and length. Got much better with more air time. Excellent wine from this producer as usual.
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Gold colour - the sort of colour that tells you not to age this another ten years. But great now, a bit bold and ripe but with a beyond-PC intensity and complexity and length/persistence. I get melon, lemon and nuts. I think what it may lack in absolute precision it makes up for in intensity of flavours.
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Light gold. Lemon cream, anise nose, spicey oak. The palate is at a whole other level! Striking concentration of anise, vanilla pear fruit. Lightening electricity and sooo long. WOW!
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Un vin techniquement parfait, avec du caractère et de la finesse, un nez et une bouche tout autant intéressante. Beaucoup de plaisir et déguster ce vin.
4,5/5
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Un nez complexe, élégant, riche de fleurs blanches, fruits blancs, une touche de bois neuf au nez aussi avec des arômes légèrement sur la menthe avec un petit côté fumé. La bouche est tout simplement magnifique, attaque ronde donnant une impression de richesse, ample avec du gras mais sans excès, texture veloutée et caressante mais aussi avec une acidité vive, vibrante, donnant tout ce qu’il faut comme colonne vertébrale, beaucoup d’énergie, un côté salin et minéral aussi, avec une très longue finale savoureuse. Sera encore meilleur avec 2-3 and en cave. Superbe bouteille. 94-95
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Popped'n poured for the first few courses on the tasting menu at Clarity in Vienna, VA. It's possible that my rating is skewed toward the high side as, though I like Chardonnay, I don't drink much great Chardonnay. And to me, this is the kind of wine that makes you understand why Chardonnay is considered one of the great grapes - flowers and spice, citrus and minerals, this is killer and will get even better if the premox doesn't kill it.
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A beauty. Smokey flinty notes mixed with tart green apples. Lively vibrant acidity with a soft smooth mouthfeel. Almonds and white flowers on the lingering finish.
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During a Zoom blind tasting. 2014/16/17 side by side. This wine tasted completely different than the other two. Not sure it was the bottle or it is supposed to be this way. Tasted much more like a Puilly-Fuisse (softer, with melon and honey notes) than a Puligny. Rating withheld.
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I followed this wine over two days and while it was good from the start, it improved by the minute and was at its best on day 2. The highlight is the superb freshness and weightlessness combined with the high precision. It got more complex with time but has definitely some upside here. Once mature and with more layers this could become an amazing 96/97 points wine. Clearly punching above its weight category, in my opinion. 94+ points.
TN: There is a broad array of aromas with fresh citrus and apple aromas, wet stone, salt, toast, smoke and just a hint of honey. It needed time to become more expressive but the star is the superb delineation. Very fresh, perfectly integrated acidity with a nice creamy texture. Highly elegant and with no weight whatsoever. Perfectly harmonious. Medium+ length.
Decanting: I would decant for at least 4 hours.
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The yellow citrus core executes its flavors precisely with the white mineral notes, making for a subtly tense and nervy, but decadently focused expansion on the palate. Intent and deliberate, but doesn't forget to play (the way a pro-athlete "plays;" not the way a puppy wearing socks on a hardwood floor chasing its tail plays). Finishes with elevated energy and verve, with clean and pure lemon juice notes adding both lift and sophistication. The not-"chalky" white chalk notes continue the drive to the back end, elongating the finish for nearly a minute.
95-96 points. Similar to the 2017, but this is certainly showing a bit more pizzazz at the moment. The 2017 will likely get to this 2016's level (and perhaps lap it), but for now the 2016 is certainly a compelling spokesperson for this producer and his monopole site. Likely to improve even more with a year or two in bottle. Well done!
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Similar to the last bottle - toasty with reduction on the nose; Flint, minerals on the palate. Needs lots of air for it to open up. Not impressive as yet, but with lots of freshness & the fruit-core lurking underneath the surface, this should be great in due course... My 3rd-btl - time to remind myself to chuck the rest away in cold storage!
Still a beast - bits of reduction, burnt oak amidst scents of peaches & white-flowers. This needed lots of air & time to come round. Right now, powerful & rich but not as harmonized as I'd like it to be... Should be much better with cellar time!
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Had a big whiff of struck match to the aroma along with pure white peach fruit. It was rich, powerful, sappy and layered, possessing Grand Cru weight and intensity. There was a suggestion of aniseed and plenty of mineral just under the surface. It has length to burn and is exquisitely balanced.
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You ever have a party and beforehand write the words "do not drink" on the label of a bottle, then hide that bottle underneath the vegetables in the vegetable compartment of the fridge, then camouflage the compartment with a pile of good drinking whites, then three weeks later think, "Oh, yeah, I'd like to try that 1er cru Boillot I bought for a special occasion," then look everywhere and realize that someone whom you otherwise probably love probably put an ice cube in it and mixed it with seltzer and didn't even leave you a tasting note? Yeah. That.
La Paulée de New York Grand Tasting (Pier Sixty - New York NY): Tasting, brief note. Very rich and concentrated. A bit of new oak protrudes for now, but that will dissipate shortly. So much good stuff going on, but there is nothing demure about this wine.
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Small tasting glass @ VINEUM during service, so a brief note. This is always shockingly good (have the luck to have tasted several vintages already!), verging on Grand Cru quality...Still a bit young and reductive, so give it a karaf and large stemware! 94-95
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I’ve often thought this wine to be close to Grand Cru quality. It was just a notch below the two Bâtard alongside but performed very well. There’s some notes of green melon, white peach and spice. It is dense and sappy with great shape and nice cut.
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Henri Boillot Sydney Dinner (St Claudes, Oxford Street, Sydney): Slightly more muted notes but, oddly, with more concentration than the Perrieres and, for me, far more savoury though very much cut from the same cloth. On the palate it proves to be a little more acidic than the Perrieres with a little drying grip on the mid palate and plenty of savoury notes. With time the oak is more prevalent - a toasty cedar note. Still quite young but very nice.
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HDH auction at Spiaggia; 5/17/2018-5/19/2018 (Chicago, IL): What a treat to have this twice in rapid succession. Slightly reduced nose, with some lovely mineral notes, as well as some generously applied oak. The palate is saline and slightly smoky, with a delicacy that seems to be hidden by the large-scaled facade of the oak. But there's lovely elegance here, with bracing acidty and freshness, and a lovely mineral cut through everything. The youthful white grape sweetness from a wine recently bottled seems to have quieted down. Needs a year or two to settle down, but I think this is one of the better iterations of this great wine that I can remember.
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Dinner with Henri Boillot (Chicago, IL): This is almost too young to honestly judge, but I will say that this wine is very much still in the mold of what the Mouchere ought to be. White fruit, lean, racy acidity, with a linear, mineral drive. This bottle feels relatively simpler now, with its bubbly and outgoing white fruit and tinge of sweetness (as you might find from a wine that had just recently been bottled). Tastes a little grapey now, but that's really a function of its youth; I expect that with a few years, this will easily rank up there as one of the better Moucheres made.
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Reductive. Matchstick. Salty. /. Great on palate. - lemons spicy great lift and focus. Crisp lemon and flint finish. Nose - 4.5/6, Palate - 5.5/6, Finish - 5.5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 17/20.
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4/16/2024 - TWSA wrote: 90 Points
Nose: sesame seeds, stone fruits, popcorn, apricot, fried chestnut, sugar cane
Notes: quite full in body with an attractive nose full of stone fruits and sesame seeds. With a diverse set of aroma this is a wonderful white with plenty of complexity. Nevertheless, I do feel that a better job can be done on the palate as it seems to be a little high on acidity so it lacks the balance one would expect compared to the nose it delivers. This is probably due to the difficult vintage of 2016 for white so it's not surprising that the palate is a little weak. I usually like this 1er Cru a lot and have been a fan of the Domaine's wines.
Drink: now+
Rating: 90
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4/14/2024 - winelover1808 Likes this wine: 93 Points
had a few weeks ago but recall this being quite beautiful. pretty white stone fruit, lemon curd, great bracing acidity, good minerality. light to medium bodied. hitting all the right notes for a Boillot white burg
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4/4/2024 - TRough wrote: 93 Points
Tight at first then 30 minutes in it opened beautifully
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1/17/2024 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Flickinger Tasting at The Casino (Chicago, IL): Didn't love this; kind of in the same vein as the 2010 I had a few days ago. I wonder if it just needs a good number of hours open for it to aerate. But of course, the 2016 vintage was difficult so maybe not a surprise that this is missing the acidic cut I like in my white Burgundy. A little fat and oily, but not egregious like other 2016s I've had.
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1/5/2024 - Mario17 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Très beau nez très aromatique et assez complexe, après le silex entre autres , il y a un côté floral. La bouche est assez mure, ronde avec une acidité qui se faufile juste assez pour un bel équilibre, toujours de la classe sur ce cru et une longueur convenable, sans être grand comme la dernière bouteille bue de ce 2016, c’est très bien. 91-92
Complex and aromatic nose of silex, some flint, and lovely floral scents. The wine is fairly ripe and round, with just enough acidity that sneaks in to make it balanced, very classy and not as great as my last one a year ago but still very good.
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11/6/2023 - Alex Barbera Likes this wine: 93 Points
Perfekte Nightcap - tolles Säurespiel - viele Zitrusfrüchte bis in die Tropen. Die 13,5 Volt liefern viel Geschmack und Druck. Noch nicht perfekt reingerüttelt - schaut noch aus dem Glas. Schwierig, wenn der Wein im Glas das perfekte Temperaturfenster verlässt. Nur keine Eile - darf noch im Keller vergraben bleiben
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10/8/2023 - Cailles wrote: 96 Points
No notes taken. From magnum. The seductive toasted oak, toasted sesame, and flinty notes on the nose and through the palate as well as the superb fresh- and roundness are the highlights. The wine is expressive and intense from start to finish and has a wonderful balance and no shred of excess weight or ripeness. Blind, I probably would have guessed it to be a 2017 as it that freshness and the purity of fresh fruit. Superb wine. 96+pts
Decanting: No decanting needed. Great from the start and with little change in the glass over the course of an hour.
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9/21/2023 - nanerman Likes this wine: 95 Points
Big ripe peach leads the way, packed with stone fruits. The smoothness is impeccable, with a light oak finish, nothing too distracting at all. Just want to go back to this again and again, probably my top white burgundy yet.
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9/19/2023 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 95 Points
This bottle got more air time than my prior tasting, and it was better out of the gate for it with more weight and lushness to it. Same ripe tropical fruits with lemon zest and minerals and nice food-worthy acidity. Still in an early part of its drinking window. Suspect this will be even a touch better in a few years.
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9/2/2023 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 95 Points
Paired with the first course at a dinner with friends at Field & Main in Marshall, Va (outstanding restaurant). This wine, regardless of the vintage, continues to amaze. Thank goodness it's not a Grand Cru vineyard - the quality would price it out of my range.
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8/30/2023 - llink wrote: 93 Points
PNP. Full yellow. Smells like a spent firework, flinty and smoky with some orchard and citrus fruits . Smoke blows away quickly and shows more minerals and flint. Deep, rich yet lively palate, lemon and orchard fruit. Surprisingly high acidity for such a warm vintage. Excellent.
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8/26/2023 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 94 Points
Had this with the 2014. The '16 is drinking better right now and carries plenty of ripe tropical fruits with some lemon zest and minerals and initial acidity. The wine got more rounded after about 45 minutes.
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8/18/2023 - WoodieBayArea wrote:
wow, for 2016 and for Clos de la Mouchere, this thing (at least when decanted in the afternoon) was beautiful and super bright on the palate, also with depth... funny on the bright part given it looked a little darker than I would have expected... pucker up!!... i'll try to add something after my dinner in three hours but usually fail... betting this is 93'ish pts… OK — this wine was extraordinary, now putting in a concrete rating — 95 pts… very rare for me, but this mix of lift / energy, citrus fruit, and hints of minerality, is truly extraordinary
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7/14/2023 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drank with appetizers to start dinner with friends at La Piquette in D.C. This didn't seem as open initially as prior bottles, but I'll blame that on the summer heat, as this came straight to dinner from the 'fridge and was right next to the ice pack in the wine bag. By the second pour, this was strutting more of its stuff. Tho perhaps not as fresh as the '17 and '18 (and I can't wait to dig into my '19s and '20s), but no real discernable oxidation. I will be quite curious to see if the wax capsules added with the '17 vintage work to stave off premox.
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5/16/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 94 Points
Serious Burgundy night: Clearly a top maker and plot from the first sniff and taste. Serious, reductive nose with gunflint but also with beautiful orchard fruit. Fantastic precision and tension, impressive density of fruit on the palate. The latter characteristic made me think Meursault but after some time in the glass, the Puligny citrus notes began to show. Always one of my favourite wines.
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3/6/2023 - Seem02 Likes this wine: 93 Points
High acidity can age a lot longer. This had the right amount of butter that was oak driven. Florals, reductiveness. Long finish. Amazing and can age longer
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3/1/2023 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 93 Points
One of the white wines opened to start a wine dinner at St. Anselm in DC. Maybe not quite up to the level of the '14 or '17, but a beautiful Puligny-Montrachet!
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2/24/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 92 Points
One of my favourite white Burgs usually. I continue to struggling with the 2016 however. This still feels a bit disjointed. Nose not as flinty and complex as adjacent vintages. The palate opens ripe bit then it finishes a touch thin and acidic. Many tasting notes here are good and my friend at the table liked it as well, so may be my score is too conservative.
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1/7/2023 - PLiu Likes this wine: 94 Points
I concur with the others - don't let the color fool you. This is lively, and still very young and wound up tight. From Coravin initially, then opened the bottle 4-5 days later. Even better. I would suggest a decant if you are opening a bottle..
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1/3/2023 - Mario17 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Couleur et nez évolué un peu pour un 2016, menthe, menthol, floral, la bouche est pourtant équilibrée avec une certaine classe indéniable avec une texture et richesse digne d’un grand premier cru ou petit grand cru. C’est très long et quand même très bon.93-94 facile
The color and nose shows it is older then what it should be but the palate shows no fatigue, gorgeous, balanced, intense, great texture, very long, love it and i wouldn’t keep any bottle too long.
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12/19/2022 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 92 Points
when decanted it was several shades darker than the PYCM Morgeot '19 decanted next to it, thought it might be pre-mox'd, but in fact it was bright and lively on the palate... delightful with citrus fruit and something else going on that I couldn't ID... not sure its worth the $300 plus I see on Wine-Searcher but nice for price I paid
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9/14/2022 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 93 Points
superb... great acidity while also having a full-minus body...should be fantastic as it navigates its next ten years of life (assuming no premox)...
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8/20/2022 - The Guzz wrote:
PNP. Was muted. This bottle would have benefited greatly from a decant.
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8/13/2022 - signotim Likes this wine: 94 Points
Light and airy on the palate but packed with layers of flavor. Long finish. Outstanding.
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8/8/2022 - llink wrote: 94 Points
3 blind White Burgs (Amnon's place): Medium yellow. Stone fruits, grapefruit and citrus notes on the floral and spicy nose. The palate is silky on entry, a touch heavy but with terrific inner-mouth mineral lift intensifying the wine's lemon and floral flavors. Dense with dry extract, this finishes long. I guessed 2015 De Montille Puligny Cailleret.
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7/17/2022 - Cailles wrote: 95 Points
No notes taken. Excellent concentration andnintense from start to finish with a fresh and precise orchard fruit core, a balancing saline minerality, all very well defined. Very good acidity keeping the wine light, despite all the concentration. This is a great wine and should have a great future - in theory… Boillot has not a good track record when it comes to premox and still doesn’t use Diam corks.
Decanting: Double decanted 2 hours before consumption to get rid of the reductiveness. Worked fine. Shined from the first glass.
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7/11/2022 - Sean Tay Likes this wine: 94 Points
Pronounced nose with notes of flora, lemon, citrus. High acidity.
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5/14/2022 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 94 Points
Two 2016 Henri Boillot Pulignys drunk side-by-side at home: Slightly deeper, brighter gold than the Pucelles. A nose of grapefruit, orange, peach, pineapple and touches of gooseberry and the trademark honeycomb. Some nascent white floral perfumes. On palate, noticeably more weight, concentration and power than the Pucelles. Deeper, creamier and richer, but also drier and more mineral than the Pucelles. Also lemon meringue pie, pear, nectarine, blanched hazelnut and hints of apricot and honey. Alcohol well aligned (13.5% ABV). Grand Cru quality white Burgundy. Very long, finishing dry and mineral. A little more closed than the Pucelles. Drink 2025 - 2035. Superb. 94+.
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4/17/2022 - Darbus123 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Beautiful PM, perfectly balanced, rich and concentrated. Very long finish. Just a shame the price goes up and up.
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2/11/2022 - winelover1808 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Excellent. A bit on the more dark golden side. But no hints of premox. Beautiful nose. At first wet stones and white stone fruit and then as it opened it gained a MJ like nose. Medium plus viscous body. Lemon, tart sweet apple, minerality, medium plus finish .
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1/22/2022 - mdefreitas wrote:
A strange showing. Rich, tropical and intense, with strong pineapple and banana notes. There was noticeable wood influence, and with air it became quite caramel-like. Not really what I am looking for from Pulingy-Montrachet. Hopefully this is not a representative bottle.
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1/22/2022 - asparagus Likes this wine: 94 Points
a grand cru in all but name . drank over 3 days. on the first day, it was painfully tight even with some decanting. at its peak on day 2. all mouthfeel and lingering persistence, married to a nose of lemon curd and white flowers.
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1/1/2022 - chibaken wrote: 94 Points
What a wine indeed. Appealing reductive nose, white flowers, lemon, almost delicate. Steely and elegant, some cream, concentrate and taut. Incredible length, saline, steel, apricot, complex. A stunner.
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12/10/2021 - Hanibal Likes this wine: 93 Points
What a wine ! had to decant to remove the reductive elements but then the wine showed up with significant power. Still young worth keeping for a few years more
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11/1/2021 - Mr T wrote:
Decanted before drinking to get some air and I think it was a good decision. To me there were some notable reduction/sulphuric tastes but wife and daughter liked it very much and it paired well with boiled lobsters. Good acid. Can’t say fruit was that well expressed but there was a lot going on at the table and I was distracted.
Somewhat off subject, just offered the 2020 futures and they are 50% more expensive
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9/18/2021 - dream Likes this wine: 94 Points
This is just Puligny at it's core with fabulous white fruit concentration and such a fresh mineral intensity. I think this wine drinks so well now at 5 years old.
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8/7/2021 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 93 Points
FWSG 2016 white burg horizontal tasting. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of popcorn, liquid smoke, baked white chalky stones, honeyed nut, rich citrus lemon. Developing.
On the palate, dry, medium+ acidity, medium alcohol, medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of rich citrus lemon, ripe melons, honeyed nut, smoke, popcorn, toasty oak integrating, chalky stones minerality. Very long finish.
Very good quality. Impressive wine. Lots of things going on. Acidity could be better but I still like it anyways.
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7/24/2021 - ccn wrote: 93 Points
Everything you’d hope for from this producer. Rich and complex, slight reduction. Singing now but lots more to come.
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6/23/2021 - Cailles wrote: 95 Points
No notes taken. This was one of the winners for the group on this warm summer night and a step up from the bottle I’ve had last year. A wonderful Chard with a lot of freshness, a light and airy feel, a quite complex aromatic profile but with an even better precision and a good length. Compared to the bottle last year, this gained in richness and complexity and it showed more precise. A great Premier on a Grand Cru level tonight.
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6/17/2021 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 95 Points
Popped'n poured at Passionfish in Reston, VA, but would have benefited from a decant. Even so, this outstanding - stone fruit, minerals, beautiful nose. A great wine, and still young.
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4/4/2021 - joshabramson Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very youthful with lots of acidity on the finish, but clean and delicious.
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3/23/2021 - winelover1808 Likes this wine: 93 Points
love this; gains weight and heft as it opens and warms.
color - deeper golden
perfume - pretty lemon fruit, white stone fruit, reductive/diesel like notes
body is plenty of fruit - lemon, pineapple, some tart granny apple; good minerality; solid acidity. body gained weight as this opened and the finish rounded more and gained even greater length.
long finish, particularly as it warmed up.
def open for business now and likely to be in a good spot for 2-3 more years. yum.
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2/14/2021 - csimm wrote:
Lemon and lime citrus juice and white minerality make for great zing and drive. My last bottle. On to the 2017s and 2018s. I won't sit on these (and there really is no reason to) in order to best harness its freshness and energy - which is how I like my white Burgs anyway. Not worth the risk otherwise with premox always looming in the shadows. A great bottle of wine tonight. Paired beautifully with homemade pasta and lobster tails.
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2/7/2021 - Alexander Smith Likes this wine: 94 Points
Aromas of nectarine, peach, almonds, hazelnuts, citrus tart, spices. The palate is rich, full yet well defined with layers of juicy fruit, sweet spices. Slightly reductive mid-palate, good fruit concentration, lacking lift and brightness to score higher. Vintage is showing through here, certainly not a 2017, lots of fruit concentration, well-defined finish, yet not one I would rebuy at this price
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1/23/2021 - WoodieBayArea wrote:
ditto my Oct. 2020 note
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12/18/2020 - Moonie Likes this wine: 94 Points
All you could want in a white Burgundy.
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11/11/2020 - dsiii Likes this wine: 93 Points
Can’t remember the last time I had a Puligny this extracted and perfectly ready. Drank in 375, so this one may be slightly advanced. Everything one looks for in white burg.
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11/9/2020 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 94 Points
Opened at a Clarity "Raid Your Cellar" wine dinner in the parking lot. Some incredible wines, so only a small glass of this, but it was rocking from the get-go. Beautiful fruit and minerality.
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10/15/2020 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 93 Points
Popped'n poured with dinner at Smyth Restaurant in Chicago, a 2 star Michelin establishment. Still on the young side and would definitely have benefited from a decant. Lively fruit and minerals, but at times fought with the menu. Unfortunately, water would have fought with the menu, as this was without a doubt the worst fine dining experience of my life. Despite having to fight with a muddled menu and odd flavor combinations, the Boillot was clearly the best part of the evening (and likely merited a higher score without the food).
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10/11/2020 - WoodieBayArea wrote:
no notes so NR... remember this being very nice with good lift / acidity but also a little opulence (which I kinda expect for Boillot... this bottle was a little more verve-ish than some Boillot)
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8/18/2020 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 92 Points
I'm sure that folks who like them 'bigger' would easily give a 93 or 94 rating... this was really really good and my only issue was style (I like them more bright / acidic / lifted and slightly less opulent)... but don't get me wrong, this was GREAT... better yet I took to a cocktail hour with several friends from high school (SMHS Class of '80) and everyone loved it for sure... this wine is good QPR over the last five or six years... and will definitely be enjoyed by your guests / the crowd
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8/18/2020 - csimm wrote:
Continuing to perform like a champ. This HB has next-level complexity that judiciously blossoms even further with additional air, making for a deliberate and succulent flavor expansion. Excellent cut without any sense of angularity. The yellow citrus notes swirl around the palate with heightened energy; simultaneously, the mid-palate depth drives concentration and intensity to the perfect markers along its entire delivery. A complete a superb young Chardonnay.
Price creep is unfortunately becoming more of an issue with progressive vintages of this particular wine, but one can't argue with its stellar performance.
Ya'll can wait to see what might happen with this wine in ten years, but I'll be enjoying these more in the early/midterm. And if I could just convince the Boillot house to start using DIAM corkage, maybe I'd be more comfortable waiting to see how this is really meant to evolve over an expanded period of time. But alas, I won't be sitting on many white Burgs at this level without more assurances they won't become a worthless bottle of lamp oil sherry after seven years.
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7/17/2020 - CamWheeler wrote: 93 Points
Tim's 50th Dinner #2: Blind. Smoky reductive notes, lemon, graphite and some toasty wax. Crackling presence on the palate, acid kicks right through. Lovely balance and length. Got much better with more air time. Excellent wine from this producer as usual.
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7/13/2020 - il_diavolo wrote: 94 Points
Gold colour - the sort of colour that tells you not to age this another ten years. But great now, a bit bold and ripe but with a beyond-PC intensity and complexity and length/persistence. I get melon, lemon and nuts. I think what it may lack in absolute precision it makes up for in intensity of flavours.
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6/29/2020 - KVM wrote:
Light gold. Lemon cream, anise nose, spicey oak. The palate is at a whole other level! Striking concentration of anise, vanilla pear fruit. Lightening electricity and sooo long. WOW!
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6/22/2020 - Jean-Philippe M Likes this wine:
Un vin techniquement parfait, avec du caractère et de la finesse, un nez et une bouche tout autant intéressante. Beaucoup de plaisir et déguster ce vin.
4,5/5
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6/21/2020 - Mario17 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Un nez complexe, élégant, riche de fleurs blanches, fruits blancs, une touche de bois neuf au nez aussi avec des arômes légèrement sur la menthe avec un petit côté fumé. La bouche est tout simplement magnifique, attaque ronde donnant une impression de richesse, ample avec du gras mais sans excès, texture veloutée et caressante mais aussi avec une acidité vive, vibrante, donnant tout ce qu’il faut comme colonne vertébrale, beaucoup d’énergie, un côté salin et minéral aussi, avec une très longue finale savoureuse. Sera encore meilleur avec 2-3 and en cave. Superbe bouteille. 94-95
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6/15/2020 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 96 Points
Popped'n poured for the first few courses on the tasting menu at Clarity in Vienna, VA. It's possible that my rating is skewed toward the high side as, though I like Chardonnay, I don't drink much great Chardonnay. And to me, this is the kind of wine that makes you understand why Chardonnay is considered one of the great grapes - flowers and spice, citrus and minerals, this is killer and will get even better if the premox doesn't kill it.
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6/1/2020 - Tubulus wrote:
Drank a few weeks ago...intense and fantastic.
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5/31/2020 - nywine68 wrote: 95 Points
A beauty. Smokey flinty notes mixed with tart green apples. Lively vibrant acidity with a soft smooth mouthfeel. Almonds and white flowers on the lingering finish.
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5/30/2020 - Collector1855 wrote: flawed
During a Zoom blind tasting. 2014/16/17 side by side. This wine tasted completely different than the other two. Not sure it was the bottle or it is supposed to be this way. Tasted much more like a Puilly-Fuisse (softer, with melon and honey notes) than a Puligny. Rating withheld.
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5/5/2020 - Cailles wrote: 94 Points
I followed this wine over two days and while it was good from the start, it improved by the minute and was at its best on day 2. The highlight is the superb freshness and weightlessness combined with the high precision. It got more complex with time but has definitely some upside here. Once mature and with more layers this could become an amazing 96/97 points wine. Clearly punching above its weight category, in my opinion. 94+ points.
TN: There is a broad array of aromas with fresh citrus and apple aromas, wet stone, salt, toast, smoke and just a hint of honey. It needed time to become more expressive but the star is the superb delineation. Very fresh, perfectly integrated acidity with a nice creamy texture. Highly elegant and with no weight whatsoever. Perfectly harmonious. Medium+ length.
Decanting: I would decant for at least 4 hours.
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4/19/2020 - csimm wrote: 96 Points
The yellow citrus core executes its flavors precisely with the white mineral notes, making for a subtly tense and nervy, but decadently focused expansion on the palate. Intent and deliberate, but doesn't forget to play (the way a pro-athlete "plays;" not the way a puppy wearing socks on a hardwood floor chasing its tail plays). Finishes with elevated energy and verve, with clean and pure lemon juice notes adding both lift and sophistication. The not-"chalky" white chalk notes continue the drive to the back end, elongating the finish for nearly a minute.
95-96 points. Similar to the 2017, but this is certainly showing a bit more pizzazz at the moment. The 2017 will likely get to this 2016's level (and perhaps lap it), but for now the 2016 is certainly a compelling spokesperson for this producer and his monopole site. Likely to improve even more with a year or two in bottle. Well done!
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4/10/2020 - Pinot_Geek Likes this wine: 94 Points
Dry and quenching without being tart; ethereal balance of light lemon fruit and mineral. Touch of gunflint (which I like). Just stellar.
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2/21/2020 - etyc wrote:
Similar to the last bottle - toasty with reduction on the nose; Flint, minerals on the palate. Needs lots of air for it to open up. Not impressive as yet, but with lots of freshness & the fruit-core lurking underneath the surface, this should be great in due course... My 3rd-btl - time to remind myself to chuck the rest away in cold storage!
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11/6/2019 - etyc Likes this wine:
Dinner @ Jade Palace with ex-colleagues.
Still a beast - bits of reduction, burnt oak amidst scents of peaches & white-flowers. This needed lots of air & time to come round. Right now, powerful & rich but not as harmonized as I'd like it to be... Should be much better with cellar time!
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10/10/2019 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Had a big whiff of struck match to the aroma along with pure white peach fruit. It was rich, powerful, sappy and layered, possessing Grand Cru weight and intensity. There was a suggestion of aniseed and plenty of mineral just under the surface. It has length to burn and is exquisitely balanced.
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4/17/2019 - ledocq wrote:
You ever have a party and beforehand write the words "do not drink" on the label of a bottle, then hide that bottle underneath the vegetables in the vegetable compartment of the fridge, then camouflage the compartment with a pile of good drinking whites, then three weeks later think, "Oh, yeah, I'd like to try that 1er cru Boillot I bought for a special occasion," then look everywhere and realize that someone whom you otherwise probably love probably put an ice cube in it and mixed it with seltzer and didn't even leave you a tasting note? Yeah. That.
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4/5/2019 - Jnp2 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Love it
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3/28/2019 - dvansteenderen Likes this wine: 95 Points
Consistent with previous note.
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3/9/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
La Paulée de New York Grand Tasting (Pier Sixty - New York NY): Tasting, brief note. Very rich and concentrated. A bit of new oak protrudes for now, but that will dissipate shortly. So much good stuff going on, but there is nothing demure about this wine.
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3/9/2019 - drwine2001 wrote:
La Paulée 2019 Grand Tasting of 2016 Burgundy (Pier 60, New York): Low pitched citrus scents. Deeper and more concentrated than the Genevrières. Sound acidity, excellent back end soil. Complete, fairly well balanced Premier Cru.
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2/22/2019 - dvansteenderen Likes this wine: 95 Points
Small tasting glass @ VINEUM during service, so a brief note. This is always shockingly good (have the luck to have tasted several vintages already!), verging on Grand Cru quality...Still a bit young and reductive, so give it a karaf and large stemware! 94-95
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10/9/2018 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
I’ve often thought this wine to be close to Grand Cru quality. It was just a notch below the two Bâtard alongside but performed very well. There’s some notes of green melon, white peach and spice. It is dense and sappy with great shape and nice cut.
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8/16/2018 - chatters wrote:
Henri Boillot Sydney Dinner (St Claudes, Oxford Street, Sydney): Slightly more muted notes but, oddly, with more concentration than the Perrieres and, for me, far more savoury though very much cut from the same cloth. On the palate it proves to be a little more acidic than the Perrieres with a little drying grip on the mid palate and plenty of savoury notes. With time the oak is more prevalent - a toasty cedar note. Still quite young but very nice.
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5/18/2018 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
HDH auction at Spiaggia; 5/17/2018-5/19/2018 (Chicago, IL): What a treat to have this twice in rapid succession. Slightly reduced nose, with some lovely mineral notes, as well as some generously applied oak. The palate is saline and slightly smoky, with a delicacy that seems to be hidden by the large-scaled facade of the oak. But there's lovely elegance here, with bracing acidty and freshness, and a lovely mineral cut through everything. The youthful white grape sweetness from a wine recently bottled seems to have quieted down. Needs a year or two to settle down, but I think this is one of the better iterations of this great wine that I can remember.
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4/4/2018 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Dinner with Henri Boillot (Chicago, IL): This is almost too young to honestly judge, but I will say that this wine is very much still in the mold of what the Mouchere ought to be. White fruit, lean, racy acidity, with a linear, mineral drive. This bottle feels relatively simpler now, with its bubbly and outgoing white fruit and tinge of sweetness (as you might find from a wine that had just recently been bottled). Tastes a little grapey now, but that's really a function of its youth; I expect that with a few years, this will easily rank up there as one of the better Moucheres made.
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3/1/2018 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 94 Points
Reductive. Matchstick. Salty. /. Great on palate. - lemons spicy great lift and focus. Crisp lemon and flint finish. Nose - 4.5/6, Palate - 5.5/6, Finish - 5.5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 17/20.
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