Puligny Pucelles, Louis Jadot 2014

Reduction. The lush and opulent medium-bodied flavors manage to retain a reasonably good sense of delineation and underlying tension before culminating in sappy and wonderfully persistent finish. While not the best of these Puligny 1ers this may well be the classiest.

The 2014 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru les Pucelles offers more tropical tones on the nose compared to the 2014 les Folatières -- white peach and apricot coming through, very pure if not quite as mineral-driven. The palate is very well balanced, very cohesive with hints of mandarin and quince in the background, the mineral now in place and driving forward the finish. This is an excellent Les Pucelles from Louis Jadot.