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Etienne Sauzet - Les Referts Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 2022 (750ml)
Price: $229.99
Bottle Club® Price: $199.99
| Producer | Etienne Sauzet |
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| Country | France |
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| Region | Burgundy |
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| Varietal | Chardonnay |
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| Vintage | 2022 |
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| Sku | 54098 |
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| Size | 750ml |
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| Aisle Location | FW 3/6 |
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Burghound: 92-94 Points
35+ year old vines planted in relatively deep soil interspersed with lots of gravel; aged in 33% new wood. This is aromatically similar to the Champ Gain and not revealing much. Otherwise, there is a finer texture, if less minerality, to the dense medium-bodied flavors that also brim with sappy dry extract on the serious, powerful and built-to-age finale. The Sauzet Referts always ages well and this beauty should be no exception. Burghound Sweet Spot Outstanding!
Vinous Media: 91-93 Points
The 2022 Puligny-Montrachet Les Referts 1er Cru has a delightful bouquet with green apple, nectarine, and subtle wet pavement scents, quite generous in style with a hint of praline. The palate is taut and fresh, with very fine tension. It is one of the most citric cuvées from Sauzet with a flinty, slightly reductive finish, suggesting it will require a couple of years in a bottle.
Wine Advocate: 91-93 Points
The 2022 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts is lovely, bursting with aromas of pear, green apple, confit citrus, freshly baked bread and toasted nuts. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and racy, with an envelopingly textural attack that segues into a pure, mineral palate, it's seamless and harmonious. Benoît Riffault is pleased with his 2022s, and with reason, as it numbers among his finest vintages to date. His harvest dates were more or less the same as in 2020, which is to say, relatively speaking, a little earlier, and that translates to impeccable balance across the board. But what are the rudiments of winemaking at this address today? Hand-harvested fruit is pressed without crushing, the press cycle lasting around three and a half hours and performing "quite a few," which is to say more than 20, rotations. The must is sulfited at the end of the press and settled for 24 hours, but Riffault retains most of the lees, fermenting in wood with ambient yeasts. Larger formats, including foudres, now complement 228-liter Burgundian barrels. The wines are racked to tank in July-August before the new vintage, whereas the premiers and grands crus spend as much as six months on their lees before bottling. All of Sauzet's wines are bottled with high-quality unbleached and unwaxed natural cork.
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