Puligny-Montrachet, situated to the south of Meursault and to the north of Chassagne-Montrachet, shares with Chassagne a handful of the greatest white wine vineyards in the world. Originally a Gallo-Roman village, Puliniacus, as recorded in the documents of Pope Urbain II in 1095, became Puligny-Montrachet in 1879. Its preeminence as a white wine village is comparatively recent: early plantings were in Gamay, later supplanted by wheat, cassis and mulberries. Only since the second World War has it...

Palish yellow. Very ripe aromas of resiny apple and nut butter; seems more advanced than most of the other 2006s I tasted at Jadot. Fat, ripe and quite dry, with an impression of low acidity. The resiny note repeated on the slightly dry finish. This one did not fit into the progression of my tasting.

Rating for France-Burgundy: 90 (slightly better than average year)<br/><br/>Drinkability: young, aging quickly, could be good now<br/>