Francois Carillon, Puligny Montrachet Champ Gain Vintage:2018 with tar and ganache echoes

with tar and ganache echoes hanging in the background

one you might suspect belongs to a richer growing season like 2005

And don't for the silky tannins

This relatively refined CdlR should amply reward extended keeping and it is one of the better recent vintages that I have seen for this wine

This is one of the top releases from Piedmont this year

Francois Carillon, Puligny Montrachet Champ Gain Vintage:2018 with tar and ganache echoes(from 4 parcels near Dents de Chien that measure ~2 ha). Cooler and more elegant if not necessarily more complex aromas of spicy essence of pear and kiwi display lovely layering. There is again fine richness and density to the solidly powerful flavors that terminate in a bone dry bitter lemon rind tinged finale.