Francois Carillon, Puligny Montrachet Champ Gain Vintage:2018 with tar and ganache echoes

with tar and ganache echoes hanging in the background

aged in 50% new oak

There is good richness and an abundance of dry extract to the strikingly refined flavors that possess a gorgeous mouthfeel while delivering flat out superb length on the balanced finale

This is one of the top releases from Piedmont this year

Millery is silky

Francois Carillon, Puligny Montrachet Champ Gain Vintage:2018 with tar and ganache echoes(from 4 parcels near Dents de Chien that measure ~2 ha). Cooler and more elegant if not necessarily more complex aromas of spicy essence of pear and kiwi display lovely layering. There is again fine richness and density to the solidly powerful flavors that terminate in a bone dry bitter lemon rind tinged finale.