2017 Bienvenues Batard Montrachet
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The 2017 Bienvenue-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is showing a lot of reduction on the nose, although there seems to be a very decent wine behind that carapace of SO2. The palate is very limey on the entry, and tight compared to some of its peers. There’s plenty of oak here, along with sharp acidity and a slightly bitter finish. It’s difficult to judge this. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting in Savigny-lès-Beaune.
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Neal Martin
Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
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The 2017 Bienvenue-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru has what might be called a more adventurous bouquet than the Bâtard: light sea spray scents developing in the glass, gaining intensity with subtle petrichor aromas. The precise, focused palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity and slivers of orange zest and citrus peel toward the persistent finish. I discern more potential here than in the Bâtard-Montrachet this year.
About the producer
Based south of Nuits-Saint-Georges in Prémeaux-Prissey, Domaine de la Vougeraie was created in 1999, grouping all of Jean-Claude Boisset’s holdings under one name. The property has a total 40 hectares of vines, with extensive holdings in Vougeot as well as plots in six Grands Crus.