The 2010 Puligny Montrachet Les Pucelles shows lovely focus and delineation. Ripe apricots, mint, nectarine and spices flesh out in a relatively broad-shouldered version of Pucelles. There is good intensity in the fruit, even if all the structural elements aren't quite put together, at least not yet. Anticipated maturity: 2012+.
Olivier Leflaive's domaine lineup will be getting a big boost in the next few years with the addition of parcels in Sous le Dos d-Ane, Pucelles, Folatieres, Chevalier-Montrachet, and Batard-Montrachet that previously were part of the Domaine Leflaive holdings. In addition, Olivier Leflaive continues with a negociant operation, whose wines are reviewed separately to avoid confusion. Overall, I find the Domaine Olivier Leflaive bottlings more interesting than the Maison wines. All of these 2010s are fairly open and accessible. The best wines may hold for some time, but I don't think cellaring will result in meaningfully more complexity.
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