2007 Etienne Sauzet Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  5/7/2021 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points

  Belated Birthday Dinner (Nicolas Restaurant, Teck Lim Street, Singapore): This was lovely. It had a beautiful nose, with drifts of sweet cream, white flowers and honeyed pears and ripe apples, some earthy mineral, and maybe with just a touch of butter and caramel my speculos biscuits hinting at new oak running along behind. A charming nose. I loved the palate. It was a beautiful marriage of Sauzet’s conviction and complexity, with the sunny generosity of the Folatieres terroir, and then the bright acidity and lovely purity of the 2007 vintage. This just unfolded across the mouth with lovely notes of red apples, honeyed pears and sweeter pineapples riding on a bed of fresh, lemony acidity. Absolutely lovely. Great finish too, superbly integrated and gently insistent, with a long tail of butter, almond and stony mineral, all trailing away into the distance. What struck me though was the tremendous cut, definition and purity to the wine, with a wonderful transparency shining through the entire package. This is drinking well now, but will continue to shine over the next 5-6 years and beyond.

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  12/17/2020 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points

  Alex and William's Birthday Dinner (Tonny Restaurant, Geylang Lor 3, Singapore): A really pretty showing. The nose on this was pure Folatieres, floating out of the glass with pineapple and ripe yellow fruit aromas, laced with a little touch of flowers and chalky mineral. The palate showed all the lovely purity and minerally cut of the 2007 vintage, with fresh acidity and stony tones tracing their way through a bright mouthful of yellow fruit, and then sweeter white peach notes, all the way into a bright, pleasing finish. This lacked the full-on power and depth of the trio of Sauzet Batard-Montrachet that preceded it, but there was plenty to like here, with charming fruit wed to lots of minerality and freshness, all of which made it a real joy to drink even when pitched against its Grand Cru cousins - not something you can say about every vintage of Folatieres. Very good now, but with its best years ahead of it yet.

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  11/8/2020 - drjb wrote: flawed

  Premoxed !

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  1/2/2020 - robferguson1 wrote: 92 Points

  In great nick for auction buy , a little sharp but great flavour and length

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  12/27/2019 - aaacerbic Likes this wine: 93 Points

  What a fun wine. Definitely already quite secondary - lots of toast, nuts, hint of vanilla. But the acidity is still vibrant. My overall read is that this is more oxidized than it should be at this age, but it’s not dead by any means. Have one more I’ll try in 1-2 years

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