Domaine Henri Boillot, Puligny - Montrachet, Clos de la Mouchere 2013

89-91 / 100 Robert Parker
The 2013 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Mouchere, the monopole belonging to Henri Boillot, has a much more reserved bouquet that I was expecting, perhaps a little over-shadowed by the showier les Pucelles at present. The palate is linear, fresh, but just missing the bravura of that aforementioned premier cru. Playing it safe maybe? Perhaps this is saving something for after bottling. Although I have tasted Henri Boillot’s wines for many years, usually at one of their London agent’s offices, I have never actually visited the winery itself, located on the “other” side of the RN74 in an estate that includes the Damy cooperage. This impressive facility affords Henri far more space then if he were couched in some medieval maison in one of the villages, which is mandatory when you have such an all-embracing portfolio of wines. Of course, he is a scion of the Boillot family who established themselves in the region in 1885. Henri represents the fifth winemaking generation and on this visit he was accompanied by the sixth in the form of his son Guillaume, who has graduated from his viticulture studies. The portfolio of what you might call this “mini-négoce” is impressive, studded with a number of Grand Crus, spanning red and white. In 2013, he told me that he picked September 27 until October 5, yields incredibly low, hovering between 12 and 16 hectoliters per hectare. Henri seemed enraptured by the 2013s, describing them as having a “big definition of terroir.” That is true, though as usual his use of new oak means that in their youth, that tends to be slightly obscured by the wood and they require time to assimilate that oak. As Henri was keen to stress, he uses mainly 350-liter barrels that lessen their impact. Something to bear in mind when you see the percentages.
eRobertParker.com #216 Dec 2014

18 / 20 Jancis Robinson
An old favourite… Dense and rich with a top note of struck matches and some of the delicacy that has been missing from some of these Lea & Sandeman white burgundies. I can’t see how anyone would fail to be pleased by this – at a price. Okay, it’s not subtle but… Long.
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93 / 100 Allen Meadow
The restrained nose of ultra-pure, airy and cool notes of white flower, pear, green apple and freshly sliced citrus fruit is trimmed in barely discernible hints of pain grillé. The driving middle weight flavors possess good richness though the firm acid spine is such that there is no lack of detail or delineation to the lilting and seductively-textured finish that is dry, beautifully persistent and slightly austere. This is also going to need a few years of cellaring first to harmonize and develop further depth.
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