There are only 75 cases of Jadot’s 2006 Puligny-Montrachet Combettes, but given its importer Kobrand’s ownership share in the winery, a significant number of these will indeed come to the U.S. Honeysuckle, pear, musk, and quince aromas introduce a clear, juicy, pure palate with ginger and nutmeg accenting the ripe orchard fruits and a pink grapefruit sorbet-like combination of exotic inner-mouth aromas, subtle creaminess, and refreshment. Finishing with neither superficial sweetness nor oakiness despite 2 of 3 barrels being new, this should perform well for at least a half dozen years. The combination of richness, clarity, energy, and minerality exhibited by the 2005 is also outstanding. A half bottle of the 1982 tasted recently at the winery was ravishingly mineral a pure in fruit. But despite the high quality of recent collections here, Jadot has not escaped significant instances of premature oxidation, leading one to wonder which if any of their 2006s will still taste fresh from a half bottle a quarter century from now. 91-92 Points, David Schildknecht for Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Dec 2008)
Palish yellow. Very ripe aromas of resiny apple and nut butter; seems more advanced than most of the other 2006s I tasted at Jadot. Fat, ripe and quite dry, with an impression of low acidity. The resiny note repeated on the slightly dry finish. This one did not fit into the progression of my tasting. 89 Points, Stephen Tanzer's Int'l Cellar
A densely fruited nose of citrus, peach, white flower and moderate wood influence dissolves into bigger, richer and more obviously powerful medium full flavors brimming with dry extract and underpinned by a very subtle minerality and a snappy and mildly warm finish. This is not knitted together especially well at the moment, indeed it's even a bit awkward yet the quality of the underlying material is clearly among the best here and as such, my score may be a bit on the conservative side. 88-91 Points, Allen Meadows' Burghound (Jun 2009)
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