May 2026: 2021 Sauzet Puligny-Montrachet, 2021 Comando G La Bruja

2022 Domaine Morey-Coffinet Chassagne-Montrachet, courtesy of LF over lunch with Vic, 04 May 2026. Light golden. Fairly effusive in gentle floral hues, apricot and dried mangoes. Medium-full, imbued with a concentrated presence of lively citrus fruit that impart exquisite intensity, showing good refinement and sophistication even for village.

2022 Kumeu River Mate’s Chardonnay. Popped and poured at Wah Lok, 08 May 2026. My second bottle in three months. Pale luminosity. Very Puligny-like on the nose, highly expressive and enticing. The medium-full palate is layered with a fine chalky density imbued with white fruits, melons and almonds at just the right level of acidity, conveying elegant verve with a dash of ferrous minerality towards its moderate finish. Highly successful.

2021 Comando G La Bruja, courtesy of LF over lunch with Vic, 11 May 2026. Aired in bottle for five hours prior. Clear brownish red, exuding an attractive deep rosy fragrance along with haw and red fruits. Medium-full though surprisingly lithe and delicate for a 100% grenache, imbued with lovely acidity that impart succulent intensity.

2016 Domaine Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Bas de Combes. Aired in bottle for four hours prior to lunch at Crab At Bay, 14 May 2026. Brownish red with a trace of crimson at the rim, proffering quite a fairly intense lift of ripe raspberries and mulberries. The weighty palate shows a high-toned acidity to go with the glow of red fruits, well extracted with succulent intensity amid smooth tannins, becoming a little more dense and velvety over time, underpinned by a dash of sweetness.

2021 Etienne Sauzet Puligny-Montrachet, courtesy of LF over lunch with Vic, 18 May 2026. Aired in bottle for five hours prior. Pale yellowish-green. Distant green fruits and floral hues. Quite excellent in the mouth, displaying a lean minerally tone along with good presence of lemon citrus in equal measure, laced with keen acidity that impart a teasing intensity.

2016 Domaine Bouchard Père et Fils Beaune Grèves 1er Vigne de L’Enfant Jésus. Aired in bottle for a few hours ahead of lunch at Bedrock Bar & Grill, 25 May 2026. Fullish. Well extracted with an abundance of ripe raspberries and mulberries dressed in velvety tannins with a sweetish undertow, perhaps a tad gruff and rustic in keeping with its Beaune origin. Lightened up further in the glass, opening up to reveal more delicate tones of rose petals and cherries, considerably more refined and integral. A monopole of Bouchard.

2009 Domaine Henri Gouges Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Clos des Porrets St-Georges monopole. Popped and poured at Otto Ristorante, 26 May 2026. Good colour. Effusive in deep rosy hues that exudes a glowing intensity of haw and red fruits, displaying excellent freshness with fine precision, developing a dash of earthy ferrous undertones over time.