Etienne Sauzet, Puligny Montrachet Champ Gain

Etienne Sauzet, Puligny Montrachet Champ GainA smoky and expressive nose offers up notes of apple, pear, acacia and rose petal. Once again there is excellent intensity to the racy yet cool medium weight flavors that are at once richer and stony, all wrapped in a markedly saline inflected finish that delivers even better persistence. Good stuff. 92 2023+

with a dynamic core of crushed stone tannins bound by spirited blackberry and blueberry flavors

allspice and deli meat

Delightful rather than compelling but this is so exuberant yet fine that it’s impossible not to like

The only cloud on the horizon concerns the winerys ramped up production during a period of economic hard times

The mouthfeel is fleshy and generous and there is plenty of backbone here to carry the wine forward throughout the years

initially offering melted candle wax and apricot on the nose

The 2010 Barolo is a delicately aged Nebbiolo with fine aromas of pressed rose petal

The tannins are soft and yielding

despite considerable sweetness

(91-94)/2026+

Sweet spice

This is already good and is potentially excellent