March 30, 2024 - Wow, this is a very precise and grassy Puligny. Expressive nose of fennel, lime, deliated palate. A purist Chardonnay. Long, aromatic finish. 95+
March 1, 2024 - Kräftiges Gelb. Sehr intensive Nase, grüner Apfel, Salzzitrone, Anis, steinig, kühl anmutend. Im Auftakt klar und rein wie ein Bergbach, messerscharfe Säure, kaum wahrnehmbares Holz, ungemein druckvoll und doch hochelegant, sehr delikate Frucht, langer, saliner Abgang. Top aktuell, mit Reserven bis 2033. Fast schon Chablis-like dieser Puligny.
November 4, 2023 - During the La Paulée in Zurich, so no detailed tasting notes. Excellent flinty notes, complex, fresh.
May 1, 2022 - Expressive nose of citrus, green apples, chalk. Pure and expressive on the palate as well, elegant, medium-bodied. Pronounced citrus and stone marks, no hints of oak. Tastes like Chablis with a bit more weight. Great wine, more to come but delicious now.
December 5, 2020 - What. The. F? This was double blind, and I think this was an off bottle. Volatile acid, strange herbal nose and sweetness on the finish - this is Carillon? I had this ranked last and most people were convinced this wasn't Burgundy - guesses ranged from northern Italian (?) to Alsatian (???). I did call in Burgundy, but I'm chalking this up to an off bottle.
June 26, 2020 - 2001 (and circa) Burgundy (Jason's Roof): One of mine, so not blind to me. This is a slightly bigger wine than usual for Carillon's Referts, and has a touch of bitterness on the finish. However, the palate is as linear and direct as you'd expect and there's no reduction or oak here - when the heaviness comes through, it's from the weight of the wine, not the winemaking. Most guesses were for Chassagne, which in some ways show that even in a tough vintage like 16, Carillon holds up. I think this needs more time unlike the 15s, though it's unlikely to ever be a great wine like the 14s or 17s.
October 20, 2019 - Beautiful nose, and solid on the palate. The kind of wine that’s not the ”best” wine, but the wine you want to be drinking at today’s lunch.
July 12, 2019 - A lovely nose of smoky mineral reduction, pure white peach and aniseed spice. It is full in the mouth with good density and definition. It possesses a line of grapefruit acidity and finishes with a flinty feel. Length is very good.
February 19, 2019 - Good focus to this wine. Citrus trending towards grapefruit. Nice tension and energy on the finish. Even better out of bottle than it was out of barrel. Well done for the vintage. 93+
January 8, 2018 - This wine is extremely focused and direct. It is bound up by its grapefruit acidity. There’s citrus and white peach a plenty and so much mineral. It should unfurl into something spectacular.