94+)
Ente produced three barrels (75 cases) of a show-stopping Puligny-Montrachet Les Referts. Offering an elegant floral nose, this unbelievably rich and intense wine has massive depth of fruit. Loads of poached pears spiked with cloves and juniper berries, honeysuckle, and minerals are found in its complex, oily-textured, full-bodied, and refined character. Brilliantly balanced and focused, this gem should be drunk between 2000 and 2006. Bravo!
The rating, with the range of scores in parentheses, indicates the wine was tasted from cask, not bottle.
Ente has met with a number of first-rate importers (including Eric Solomon, Robert Kacher, and Peter Weygandt) but had not yet selected a representative as this report went to print.