Louis Carillon visit TNs

I just returned from a hectic ten day French trip. One of the highlights was tasting through the yet unbottled 2005s at Louis Carillon. Here are some very quick notes:

2005 Puligny-Montrachet
Precise and powerful. Creamy yellow apple, pineapple, underlying flint and stone, elegant and rich at once.

2005 Puligny-Montrachet Les Combettes 1er Cru
Sharp and crunchy -Pear skin, machintosch apples, steel, more class and length than the village PM

2005 Puligny-Montrachet Les Perrieres 1er Cru
Red apples this time, pineapple, toast, beurre blanc, rocky, marshmallow. Everything is BIGGER and more plentiful, fruit, acid, mineral. Stunningly good.

2005 Puligny-Montrachet Les Referts 1er Cru
The most generous and showy of the 1er Crus. Big and Meursault-like, but not as sappy. Beautiful apple fruit, toffee, caramel, tin mineral, elegant finish.

2005 Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru (Barrel Sample)
Intense exotic fruit -pineapple, guava, papaya, almonds, fresh from the flower pollen and steel. BIG fruit, but with punch and bite almost like Riesling. An Amazing wine.

Prost!
Bill

WOW! An exciting lineup. Hope I get to sample some of them in future years.

JC,

I think they'll be released stateside next fall. Most of them should be attainable with the exception of the BBM. I'm told the USA will be shipped 24 bottles.


Prost!
Bill

Sounds like a great trip, from what we have seen so far in Burgundy and Alsace. I wonder how many more notes and producers we can look forward to!