Etienne Sauzet
Chevalier Montrachet, Grand Cru, 2011
justerini & brooks tasting note
Totally electric and vivacious. Tense and intense, citrusy, steely, long and taut with a whole load of richness and great depth of flavour. Notes of ripe stone fruit, limestone and minerals. Focused and taut but with sufficient flesh to cover the bones. An immense wine.
critic reviews
94+/100Stephen Tanzer,Vinous
(from white soil that produces fruit with a higher pH and lower acidity, according to Boudot): Good pale yellow. Ripe, highly perfumed nose combines pineapple, flowers, mint and humid fern. Less obviously powerful than the Batard but offers insidious intensity and a more pliant texture to its yellow fruit and mineral flavors. Tightens up considerably on the back end, finishing subtle and long, with fresh minerality and a strong chalky character.
date of review 09/2013