The 2019 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts wafts from he glass with notes of pear, lime, iodine, fresh bread and nutmeg. Medium to full-bodied, layered and textural, with an ample and gourmand core of fruit that's girdled by lively acids and fine structuring extract.

The 2017 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts is exceptional, wafting from the glass with aromas of lemon oil, crushed rocks, pastry cream and chamomile. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, with a satiny attack that segues into a tensile, tangy palate replete with abundant dry extract and concludes with a chalky finish.

The 2016 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru les Referts has a really quite superb bouquet: vibrant and well defined, the 25% (or thereabouts) new oak neatly subsumed and with hints of grilled walnut and smoke coming through with time. The palate is very well balanced with crisp acidity and moderate weight in the mouth, perhaps not quite as detailed as the aromatics imply, but not far off. It retains admirable vigor from the start to its saline, marine-tinged finish, and it should drink well for a decade, possibly more.

The 2015 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru les Referts has a bouquet that is not a million miles away from the Hameau du Blagny, pretty scents of honeysuckle, dried orange peel and jasmine developing in the glass. It is not as intense as the 2014 last year, but very nicely focused. The palate is very fresh on the entry with a killer line of acidity that slices through the citrus fruit, segueing to a potent spicy finish. Super-Bon (as they say in France). This is often my favorite label from Bachelet-Monnot andthis year is no different, although it will have to vie against the Folatières.

Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting, the 2014 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru les Referts was showing a small reduction on the nose, though there appears to be plenty of fresh green apple and gunflint scents waiting behind it. The palate is pretty with touches of orange zest and apricot on the entry. This is a sensual Puligny-Montrachet, perhaps not as terroir-driven as others, yet it is very clean and poised with subtle honeyed notes furnishing the finish. This is an arresting Puligny-Montrachet from Bachelet-Monnot.