91/94

Mid lemon yellow. Altogether more robust on the nose after the finesse of the village Puligny, with the full fruit on the cusp of white and yellow kept in check by a light reduction. A late malolactic here does not seem to have done any harm. The white fruit fleshes out at the back of the palate with a tingling citrus note into the bargain.

93/95

The 2024 Puligny-Montrachet Les Referts 1er Cru has a very gifted, crushed stone/petrichor-tinged nose that has much more animation and energy than the previous vintage. The palate is taut and fresh, vibrant, stony and penetrating. So much energy is tied up in this Puligny but there is real persistence and power on the exquisitely defined finish. This is just an outstanding Les Referts among the best you will find in this vintage.

92 point

Once again impenetrable reduction renders the nose unreadable. More interesting are the gorgeously textured, fresh and tension-filled flavors that aren’t quite as concentrated or stony, but they do offer markedly better depth and persistence on the clean, dry and balanced finale. The innate class of a fine Puligny is very much front and center.