Leflaive
Bâtard-Montrachet, Grand Cru, 2010
justerini & brooks tasting note
Bright lemon gold in colour, powerful and much more immediately expressive than the Bienvenue; concentrated, intense and harmonious, bursting with life and glorious scented flavours of lemon flower, mineral, butter, acacia and nut.
critic reviews
94+/100Stephen Tanzer,Vinous
(bottled two weeks before my visit; 13.4% alcohol, vs. 13% for the Bienvenue): Bright, green-tinged yellow. Captivating aromas of white peach, pineapple, curry powder, medicinal herbs and musky lees. Sappy, chewy and dry, but completely locked up following the bottling and showing much less personality than the nose suggests. But this wonderfully tactile, fine-grained wine finishes with outstanding tangy persistence. This, too, will need a decade in the cellar.
date of review 09/2012