19/1/06 Tutored Tasting - Puligny-Montrachet 2001

Tasting Date: 19th Jan, 2006.
Venue: Karl's Office, Central
Name of Wine: Chanson Puligny-Montrachet
Vintage: 2001
Region: Cote de Beaune, Cote d'Or, Burgundy
Country: France
Price: $520

The wine is bright, with a medium gold colour. It gives a broad watery rim & a few legs. It has a clean, medium-intensity, & an aged bouquet. It has a cinnamon, spicy, vanilla (probably due to oak-aged), & fig aroma. On palate it is dry & crispy, medium-bodied, with a medium fruit intensity. It has a peachy, cinnamon,nutty, mainly almond flavour. The wine gave medium alcohol & medium length. The wine is made from Chardonnay, with obvious malo-lactic fermentation process. The wine can be consumed now, but still can be kept for another 3 - 6yrs. It is a high-priced wine & it's good.