Etienne Sauzet
Bâtard-Montrachet, Grand Cru, 2024
justerini & brooks tasting note
More intensely salty than the Bienvenues, and a touch more savoury and mineral too. Complex notes of earth and minerality give this a more backward feel, with clearly much more in reserve than the Bienvenues. Powerful, complex, deep, sonorous Grand Cru. Bass to the Bienvenues treble.
critic reviews
Neal Martin,Vinous
The 2024 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is more primal on the nose compared to the Bienvenue, beguiling leesy scents emerging, a little more presence by comparison whilst maintaining delineation. The palate is taut and fresh, plenty of substance, quite vibrant and tensile with more attack and nervosité towards the finish. This is up there with the superb 2023 and the two will vie for supremacy in future years. Just an outstanding Bâtard-Montrachet.
DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2052
date of review 01/2026