The 1996 Puligny-Montrachet Les Combettes offers a refined, crystalline nose of minerals, salt, and rocks. This awesomely precise, focused, and elegant wine has extraordinary minerality and length. It is medium-bodied, gorgeously ripe, vibrant, and reveals boisterous layers of candied lemons and pears. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2010.
Importer: Frederick Wildman & Sons, New York, NY; tel. (212) 355-0700.