Louis Jadot Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatieres 2013
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Pairs well with poached fish, shellfish in cream sauce, pate de foie gras and ripe cheeses such as Munster and mature Comte.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The Heritiers de Louis Jadot bottling of the 2013 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru les Folatieres has an enticing bouquet with orange zest, quince and fresh strawberries that frankly you could sit and nose all day! It's just gorgeous. The palate is very well balanced with a keen thread of acidity that is necessary to counterbalance the intense lightly honeyed, vivacious citric fruit that fans out wonderfully on the bravura of a finish. This is one of my top picks for Jadot this year and it is not to be missed.
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Reduction flattens the fruit and renders the nose impossible to decipher. By contrast there is excellent volume and mid-palate density to the medium weight and overtly mineral-suffused flavors that also possess a very generous and sappy mouth feel before concluding on the lingering and balanced finish. This isn't quite as intense as the best of these Puligny 1ers but it's lovely all the same. Barrel Sample: 90-93 Points
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