Montrachet, Grand Cru, 2008

(fined last week) Pale yellow. Knockout nose combines smoky vanillin oak, toasty reduction and iodine. Then extremely rich and powerful in the mouth, with a strong acid spine leavening the impression of solidity. This wonderfully tactile wine finishes with outstanding persistence. Lafon compares it in quality to the 2007 but says this one is richer.