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2013 Vincent Girardin Puligny-Montrachet Les Combettes

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Latest Sale Price

December 18, 2022 - $96

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RATINGS

92Vinous / IWC

Bright, light, green-tinged yellow. Discreet perfume of citrus fruits, white peach, smoky oak and flowers; smells sweet. Suave and pliant on the palate but with well-integrated acidity

91The Wine Advocate

Crisp, mineral-driven bouquet that demonstrated impressive precision and succinct use of oak....The palate is well balanced with crisp acidity, vibrant and lively with plenty of citrus fruit, a pinch of spice

89-92Burghound.com

Quite generously oaked... good volume and mid-palate density to the relatively powerful yet refined flavors that coat the palate with dry extract, all wrapped in a citrus-inflected finish where the wood exhibited by the nose resurfaces.

REGION

France, Burgundy, Côte d'Or, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet, Les Combettes

Les Combettes is a 19.4-acre acre Premier Cru vineyard in the Puligny-Montrachet appellation in Burgundy’s Cote de Beaune. It is on the northern edge of the appellation and borders Meursault. Les Combettes is considered the appellation’s finest Premier Cru, and writer Clive Coates calls Les Combettes “the most complete wine” of the four Premier Cru vineyards in northern Puligny-Montrachet. Les Combettes, he writes, “is a mouthwatering and deliciously elegant combination of Meursault and Puligny, with the steeliness of the latter and the honeysuckle and hazelnut of the former.”

TYPE

White Wine, Chardonnay, 1er (Premier) Cru

This white variety originated in Burgundy, but is now grown around the world. Its flexibility to thrive in many regions translates to wide flavor profile in the market. Chardonnay is commonly used in making Champagne and sparkling wines.