Bâtard-Montrachet, Grand Cru, 2009
A Bâtard more-or-less equally from both the Chassagne and Puligny communes, and aged in 40% new oak barrels. More powerful and broader than Bienvenue with some nice floral highlights, smooth silky flavours yet with plenty of spark, intense, long and brooding with complex roasted nut and gunflint overtones on the huge finish.
critic reviews
(13.3% alcohol, from grapes picked on the second day of the harvest): Good medium yellow. Musky peach and hazelnut on the nose. Juicy and energetic, with excellent cut to the peach and spice flavors. Boasts real nerve for Batard, especially from this vintage. The long finish displays subtle perfume. This very pure, fresh wine will need at least four or five years in bottle to reveal its inherent complexity. Very impressive.