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PULIGNY MONTRACHET

2011 Tremblots Domaine Hubert Lamy

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ChardonnayWhiteFrance,BurgundyCôte d'OrCôte de BeaunePuligny Montrachet 13%Tremblots

Ripe and round, still with total freshness - a dusting of stony tautness, real mineral, with depth of fruit behind.L&S (Jan 2013)

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The nose is chalky flinty with crisp apple yet the start of the palate has sweet fruit giving a richer feel. Towards the back the flinty lime comes through giving a racy feel to the finish. 2013-16 Rating: 91 Derek Smedley MW, www.dereksmedleymw.co.uk (Dec 2013)

The 2011 Puligny-Montrachet Les Tremblots is surprisingly rich, powerful and intense for a village-level Puligny. Flowers, smoke and honey all add considerable complexity and nuance. This is another wine that over delivers in a big, big way. Rating: 91 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Nov 2013)

Rating: 92 Tim Atkin MW, www.timatkin.com (Jan 2013)

Lovely purity on the nose. And then some attractive richness on the palate. Very nicely constituted. Almost brilliant! Complete. Better than some premiers crus. 2015-2022 Rating: 17 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2013)

40 year old vines. White Marne High toned with a slight minty note; very fresh and citrus with a little grapefruit. Zesty pounce onto the palate. Nervousity in the mid palate with a firm underscoring of minerality. Some ripe fruit on the finish with the minerality. Finishes well and consistent, fresh and straight. Very good+. From 2015Sarah Marsh MW, The Burgundy Briefing (Nov 2012)

Olivier Lamy has built on the solid foundations his father Hubert prepared with twenty years and more of work in the vineyards. Today the Domaine has 18.5 hectares of vines - 80% are Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Noir. The vines are in several appellations - Saint-Aubin, Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet and Santenay, as well as the excellent Bourgogne Blanc. The reputation of the domaine is now made, but the Saint Aubins, both red and white, remain some of the bargains of Côte d'Or, and challenge the supposed superiority of the grander village names on a regular basis, both in terms of young and mature wines.

Olivier's wine-making style and preference is to emphasise the fresh and the mineral side of his wines, and there is very little new wood in this cellar, with many wines with no new wood at all, and that is with the wines in 600 litre demi-muids rather that the classic Burgundy (225 litre) fût. Certainly Oliver's whites do have an arrow-like purity and intensity, and seem to age completely straight and true.

The reds are worth more than a casual mention too. Olivier has been getting some consultation help from Sylvain Pataille, and the wines have energy and bounce along with the supple tannins and ripeness.

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