Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles – 2015
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Vineyard Profile
- Appellation: Burgundy
- Location: 3 parcels in Puligny-Montrachet of Les Pucelles
- Cultivation: 100% biodynamic
- Size: Total of 2.75 hectares (6.79 acres); le clos du meix: 26 ouvrées (2.77 acres), planted in 1981 and 1985; la grande: 29.5 ouvrées (3.12 acres), planted in 1954, 1957, 1958, 1961 and 1963; la petite: 8.5 ouvrées (0.91 acre), planted in 1969
- Soil: Calcareous clay
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Vintage Report
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Ripeness monitored parcel-by-parcel for optimal harvest date. Hand-harvested with grape sorting.
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Vinification
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Long, gentle pneumatic pressing, “débourbage,” or “settling of the juice,” over 24 hours; then racking and running the must into cask. Alcoholic fermentation in oak casks, 22% new (maximum 1/3 Vosges, minimum 2/3 allier). Matured 12 months in cask, then aged 6 months in tank and prepared for bottling. Homeopathic fining and very light filtering at bottling, if necessary.
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Reviews
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Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles – 2015 – 95 points – Wine Spectator
“This is ripe, brimming with peach, lime, floral and pastry aromas and flavors, backed by vivid structure. In the end, this is harmonious, offering a racy profile, with an essence of lime blossom and stone on the aftertaste.”
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Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles – 2015 – 92+ points – Vinous
"... Reticent, classic aromas of peach flesh and pit with smoky minerals. Deeper and more powerful in the middle palate than the Folatières but tightened in the early going by strong lemony acidity and thus less silky and refined today. The firm-edged finish reveals a repeating lemony element and a touch of phenolics..."
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Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles – 2015 – 92-94 points – Burghound
"... The caressing and very refined middle weight flavors possess a highly seductive mouth feel that also brims with dry extract while delivering excellent length on the beautifully complex and persistent finale that, like the Combettes, is unusually dry relative to what is common for the vintage. Class in a glass."