Description: The Clos De La Garenne of Duc De Magenta is a full and generous yet extremely elegant wine, with distinctive peach and almond nuances as well as fruity and oaky aromas both on the nose and on the palate.
Robert Parker: Wine Advocate # 180. Dec 2008. Reviewer : David Schildknecht. Jadot’s 2006 Puligny-Montrachet Clos de la Garenne Duc de Magneta gives up sweetly floral and spicy cider-like aromas, along with hints of new wood. Palpably extract-rich and at the same time bright and pungent (in part, it seems, reflecting the presence of malic acid), it finishes with palate staining ginger, cinnamon, candied lemon rind, and peach kernel, along with a faint hint of heat. At this early stage more formidable than loveable, it should probably be given a few years in bottle to show itself to best effect, and might well pick up charm short term as well. The concentrated, spicy 2005 tasted somehow unsettled even nine months after bottling.
Jancis Robinson: Published : 03-Feb-2008. CS Very floral and aromatic. Great definition and well sculpted character. Quite piercing acidity. When to drink : 2010 to 2015.
Wine Spectator: Issue: Aug 31, 2007. Not overtly oaky, yet packed with spice notes, including cinnamon, nutmeg and gingerbread. Apple and lemon complete the flavor spectrum, with a nice aftertaste of almond and hazelnut pastry. Best from 2008 through 2016. 875 cases made. –BS.
Stephen Tanzer: Sep/Oct 07. By Stephen Tanzer. Subtle, slow-to-open nose hints at pear, hazelnut and fern. Suave and fine-grained on entry, then explosive in the middle palate, with a tactile dusty stone quality and terrific thrust to the pear and pineapple flavors. This boasts excellent structure and verve and finishes long and fine, with highly aromatic floral and mineral qualities. A great showing.
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, 91-93pts - "This is consistent with its Puligny stable mates with its deft oak framing equally airy and refined green fruit aromas and bone dry, minerally and classy medium-bodied flavors that are serious and powerful, all wrapped in a palate staining finish that goes on and on. Qualitatively speaking, there isn't much to choose between these three Puligny 1ers yet each of them displays excellent transparency and quite different characters. If you're fortunate enough to find them, buy a few of each and you'll have a most interesting comparative tasting. Drink: 2012."
Vinification: Maison Louis Jadot practices traditional oak vinification to yield a full-flavoured yet graceful wine of exceptional balance and breed, with complex, distinctive aromas typical of Puligny.
