Etienne Sauzet, Puligny Montrachet Champ Canet Vintage:2005 dried mango

dried mango

its made from a single vineyard planted in the Santa Cruz Mountains at 730m above sea level and just 15 miles from the Pacific ocean

As it was from cask this is more restrained than usual and it requires aggressive swirling to coax the pure and spicy essence of red berry fruit aromas to emerge from the glass where there is a slight hint of herbal tea present

voluminous and concentrated flavors possess excellent size and weight as well as plenty of sleek muscle and minerality

Very impressive

Etienne Sauzet, Puligny Montrachet Champ Canet Vintage:2005 dried mango(from a full 1 ha parcel of 40+ year old vines aged in approximately 1 3 new oak with a slightly longer levage than the prior wines). This is quite ripe, indeed to the point that there is a mild exoticism to the very fresh, layered and slightly honeyed aromas that precede equally ripe full bodied flavors that are sleekly muscular, all wrapped in a rich, full and mouth coating finish thanks to the impressive amounts of dry extract. This is a