The 2018 Chassagne-Montrachet Morgeot 1er Cru (Marquis de Laguiche) comes from a vineyard that tends to produce millerand? berries. This has an intense, powerful bouquet with hints of menthol permeating the citrus fruit, developing a more fum? style with ...
The 2018 Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrieres is showing very nicely from bottle, offering up a youthful but already expressive bouquet of citrus oil, pear, blanched almonds, pastry cream and white flowers. Medium to full-bodied, racy and incisive, it's elegan...
The 2017 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Chalumaux derives from the lowest in altitude of all the domaine's holdings, and that naturally translates to riper fruit tones and broader shoulders, albeit rendered in Martelet's characteristically pure, precise s...
A notably more citrus-inflected nose reflects notes of various white fleshed fruit and spice, especially anise. There is again excellent density to the caressing but almost painfully intense mineral-driven flavors that brim with minerality on the beautifu...
Moderate wood sets off smoky aromas of mostly white orchard fruit, citrus blossom and exotic tea. In contrast to many examples of Bâtard in the 2020 vintage that are broad-shouldered and extremely rich, here the palate impression is much like that of the...