Puligny Montrachet Champ Canet, Jacques Carillon 2016

**Note: 40+ year old vines**
More elegant and denser aromas are comprised by aromas of citrus zest, spiced pear, Granny Smith apples and a floral hint. The sleek and seductively textured flavors possess lovely volume and mid-palate concentration, all wrapped in a caressing, rich and sneaky long finish. Excellent.

The 2016 Pulingy-Montrachet 1er Cru Champ Canet is showing very well, unfurling in the glass with notes of lemon oil, pastry cream, white flowers and crushed chalk. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, tensile and stony, with excellent depth and structure at the core, with a racier, less fleshy profile than its 2017 sibling. Again, this is showing a depth and structural integrity from bottle that I didn't fully appreciate from barrel.