The 2012 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Sous Le Puits has a tightly wound, fume nose with subtle lime and spice scents surfacing with aeration, stylistically equidistant between Puligny and Meursault. The palate is concentrated and feels fat in the mouth, exhibiting more volume and density than Bachelet’s other 2012s and yet without quite the same finesse and clarity on the finish. Still, this constitutes an impressive Puligny, one that is almost too delicious to age in bottle! Drink now-2019.
I have been a huge admirer of Benoit and Jean-Baptiste Bachelet’s wines, since I first encountered them in the UK. This vigneron slipped through the net in my mammoth November/December report, although for good reason, since the late malolactics made the wines impossible to taste. So, it is a pleasure to acquaint myself with their 2012s now that they are ready, and what an impressive set of offerings they make. This was the first vintage whereby the vineyard has been nurtured biodynamically, and, irrespective of whether the quality of wines is down to the tenets of Herr Steiner, there is no doubt that they are imbued with complexity and great fruit concentration without dispensing with elegance. The good news is that since I first reported on their wines, there is distribution in the United States. There is more the one great Bachelet in Burgundy.
Importer: David Bowler Wine, New York, NY; tel. (212) 807-1680; www.bowlerwine.com; and Elite Wines, Lorton, VA; tel. (703) 339-8150; www.elitewines.com; Also available through Berry Brothers & Rudd in UK.
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