Puligny-Montrachet, Domaine Pernot-Belicard, 2016 Bottle or case?:6X75CL Head Wine Guru Tom's notes

Head Wine Guru Tom's notes are a little brief as an unexpected appointment to taste the Hospices de Beaune 2023 wines at the cuverie prior to this year’s auction cut across our appointment so we raced through these wines with almost indecent haste

A polished

where steep schist slopes and extreme conditions forge wines of extraordinary intensity

with a silky texture and good body

Puligny-Montrachet, Domaine Pernot-Belicard, 2016 Bottle or case?:6X75CL Head Wine Guru Tom's notesPernot Belicard's 2016 Puligny is classic, understated elegance cool citrus and white peach wrapped in a fine veil of florals, with a quiet mineral line that tightens and lengthens as it opens. On the palate its poised and gently textural, offering just enough mid weight creaminess before tapering into a saline, stone etched finish. 2016 was challenging but rewarding: frost cut yields dramatically, yet what remained was wonderfully concentrated, pure