Maison Roche de Bellene, Puligny-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes, 2022

93 POINTS from Wine Spectator for a PULIGNY-MONTRACHET VIEILLES VIGNES from Nicolas Potel. This is not a Tuesday night wine. This is the bottle you open when you want to remember exactly why Burgundy drives collectors to madness. Old vines pushing past 50 years, one of the Côte de Beaune's most revered villages, and a winemaker who's spent a lifetime earning moments like this. ​ Nicolas Potel is Burgundian royalty. Son of the legendary Gérard Potel of Domaine de la Pousse d'Or, he's spent decades hunting down exceptional parcels of old vines across the Côte d'Or. His Roche de Bellene project is the négociant equivalent of a greatest hits album, and this Puligny is exactly why Wine Spectator came knocking. ​ The 2022 vintage delivered pristine fruit with electric acidity, and Potel has bottled it with laser precision — 93 points of proof that he knows precisely what he's doing. ​ It is Pale gold with green glints. Buttery and creamy on the palate, with white peach, crushed almonds, and brioche richness giving way to that famous Puligny minerality. The finish is long, saline, and utterly moreish. Serious white Burgundy for serious moments. You know if you're ready.