The 2016 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts wafts from the glass with lovely aromas of ripe lemons, crisp orchard fruit, blanched almonds and pastry cream, delicately framed by oak vanillin. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and expansive, with a broad, textural attack, superb concentration and tangy acids, concluding with a long, penetrating and precise finish. Intense and incisive, this is one of Eric Germain's finest 2016 whites.