Alain Chavy Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles 2022

Alain Chavy Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles 2022

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though three previous samples were marred by an overt musty edge

It is immediately clear that this is a bigger and more powerful wine that possesses outstanding mid-palate density and a huge reserve of dry extract that imparts a seductive mouth feel and mostly buffers the exceptionally firm tannic spine on the massively long finish

richness and purity

powerful and firmly muscular large-scaled flavors possess superb mid-palate concentration where the abundant dry extract also buffers the presently unyielding tannic backbone on the massively long finish

A modern Tuscan red with immediate appeal and genuine depth

The 2013 Vintage Port is part of our mini-vertical this issue

weight and mid-palate concentration that coats the palate with dry extract and enrobes the firm tannic spine to the point where it is more of a background element than usual

With a powerful and attractive nose

and leather unfold over a structured

This velvety but relatively powerful wine exhibits good delineation for the vintage as well as moderate austerity which is also relatively rare in this opulent year

inky/plum/garnet/purple color offers up scents of beef blood