Puligny-Montrachet 1er cru Champs Canet 2022

LATOUR-GIRAUD

Puligny-Montrachet 1er cru Champs Canet
2022

Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Burgundy
Subregion
Côte de Beaune
Appellation
Puligny-Montrachet
Classification
1er cru
Varietal(s)
Chardonnay
Colour
White
Producer's website
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About this winery

The Latour-Giraud estate has been established in the village of Meursault for many generations. Focused primarily on Meursault, the estate owns an impressive range of Premier Cru and Villages vineyards between 20 and 50+ years old, such as the largest Premier Cru Genevrières vineyard in which two thirds of the vines are more than 50 years old. Latour-Giraud specializes in white burgundy, which accounts for 80% of their production. They own an impressive 2 ha within Mersault, and also have...

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Press reviews

Burghound.com

- 95 points -

June 2016 (Vintage 2014)

There is sufficient post-bottling reduction present to completely mask the underlying fruit at the moment. Otherwise there is superb volume and mid-palate concentration to the impressively powerful and palate staining yet refined medium weight plus flavors that possess a highly textured mouth feel while delivering knock-out depth and length on the hugely long and beautifully well-balanced finale. Like several of the wines in the range and most particularly the Genevrières this stunningly good effort should both age well and be approachable young.

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- 95 points -

June 2024 (Vintage 2022)

Ripe and beautifully layered aromas of pear and apple compote, a broad array of floral elements, spice, especially anise and citrus confit are trimmed in admirably subtle wood influence. There is outstanding volume to the concentrated, powerful and serious yet wonderfully refined medium weight plus flavors that coat the palate with sappy dry extract on the tension-filled, complex and strikingly persistent finale. This is a big but perfectly balanced Champs Canet and once again, a wine that is well-worth a special search to find. In a word, terrific.

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- 93 points -

Allen Meadows, June 2013

An exuberantly fresh nose offers up notes of pear, peach, apricot, green apple and wet stone where the latter element can also be found on the opulent, intense and well-detailed flavors that are blessed with plenty of palate coating dry extract. There is excellent underlying tension to the tangy and citrus-infused finish that possesses both outstanding depth and persistence. This doesn't have the sheer minerality of the Perrières but it is just as long. A qualitative choice.

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- 93 points -

June 2020

A discreet touch of wood easily allows the appealingly spicy aromas of petrol, lemon grass, white flower and apple to shine. The rich, full-bodied and utterly delicious flavors possess an opulent and highly seductive mouthfeel while coating the palate on the decidedly firm, precise and solidly persistent finish that is dry but not really austere. Good stuff and very Champs Canet in character.

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Vinous

- 92 points -

Stephen Tanzer , September 2016 (Vintage 2014)

Bright, light yellow. Ripe peach and a buttery note on the nose. In a distinctly rich, broad style compared to Latour's top Meursault bottlings in 2014, but still with a firm mineral edge and a hint of menthol to its ripe stone fruit flavors. Finishes tactile, strong and long. Not yet especially complex, this premier cru will need at least four or five years in the cellar to develop more personality.

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Vinous

- 92 points -

Stephen Tanzer, September 2018 (Vintage 2016)

Bright yellow. Sexy, expressive aromas of lemon oil, fresh apricot, hazelnut and oak. Suave and broad on entry, conveying a touch of sweetness and a fine-grained texture to its flavors of lemon, white peach and spices, then turns a bit leaner but more focused and citrussy on the back half. Doesn't offer the body or the palate presence of the estate's top Meursault crus (there was no frost effect here and the yield was a healthy 40 hectoliters per hectare) but this is still rather youthfully taut. Finishes dry, classic and long. I like the combination of stone and citrus fruits and underlying saline minerality.

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(91-94) points

June 2023 (Vintage 2021)

A slightly riper nose also displays a hint of phenolic character on the aromas of white and yellow peach, acacia blossom and a subtle application of wood. While not quite as dense on the palate, the medium-bodied flavors still possess very fine concentration along with evident power and energy that carries over to the balanced and long finish that flashes excellent complexity if not quite the same refinement, indeed it is borderline rustic, something that is most unusual for a prime Puligny 1er. This is however even more tightly wound and if ageworthy white Burgundy is appealing to you, look no further.

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Vinous

(91-93)

September 2016

Cloudy pale yellow. Very ripe apricot, spices and lichee on the nose, plus a smoky element I did not find in the Perrières. Concentrated if slightly bitter-edged flavors of fresh apricot and peach convey a faint alcoholic warmth (it's actually close to 14%) without coming across as exotic. The sweetness builds with aeration but is nicely counterpointed by salinity and 4.6 grams per liter total acidity. Impressively thick premier cru but not as fine-grained as the Perrières.

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Vinous

(91-93) POINTS

Stephen Tanzer, September 2018 (Vintage 2017)

(25% new oak): Bright, light yellow. Peach, nut oils and hazelnut on the nose; also conveying a hint of tiredness from a barrel in an oxidative phase. Broad on entry, then rich, thick and concentrated but quite dry in the middle palate. Turns tighter, more linear and more classic on the back end, finishing with resounding flavors of stone fruits, citrus peel and stony minerality. The crop level was 40 hectoliters per hectare, according to Latour.

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(91-93) Points

Allen Meadows, June 2018 (Vintage 2016)

A moderately exotic and phenolic nose (think olive oil nuances) displays notes of mandarin orange, pekoe tea, apple and plenty of floral elements. The rich, full-bodied and solidly constituted flavors possess buckets of sappy dry extract that confers an almost chewy texture on the strikingly persistent finish.

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92 Outstanding

June 2019 (Vintage 2017)

This too is very pretty if slightly riper and a bit more expressive as well with its array of essence of poached pear and apple scents that are trimmed in soft spice and white flower nuances. There is fine volume to the solidly concentrated medium-bodied flavors that are at once caressing yet punchy, all wrapped in a lingering if slightly warm finish. This too is really quite good and wine that should reward up to a decade of cellaring.

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90-93 Points

Allen Meadows, February 2011

A ripe and highly expressive nose of acacia blossom, white peach and a pretty array of citrus aromas gives way to solidly rich and relatively full-bodied flavors brimming with dry extract that confers a wonderfully textured, indeed almost chewy mouth feel onto the palate coating and naturally sweet finish. This doesn't quite have the superb delineation of the best here but it's an excellent wine all the same.

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92-95 Points

June 2022 (Vintage 2020)

A vague whiff of the exotic is present on the blend of both white and yellow peach, floral and spicy aromas where a hint of phenolic character lurks in the background. Here too the texture of the mediumbodied flavors is super-sleek, refined and intense while the sappy and youthfully austere finish exhibits excellent length. This isn’t quite as mineral-driven as the Perrières or as delicate as the Bouchères but it’s quite classy all the same.

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