2020 Batard Montrachet
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The 2020 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru has a burly, powerful nose, just a small reduction that seems to blow away with aeration. Honeysuckle and lanolin hints emerge with time, giving it a slightly more evolved bouquet. The palate is rich and honeyed, implying perhaps some premature oxidation, but rather, it is just made in a richer, sunnier style. It doesn't have close to the tension and detail of the best wines of the flight and falls below what I would expect from a Grand Cru. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.
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Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
Neal Martin, Vinous
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The 2020 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru comes from three parcels. This has quite a strict bouquet, just a touch of reduction to contend with at the moment, but nicely focused. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, fresh and quite zesty although it does not quite deliver the precision of the Charlemagne on the finish at the moment.
The 2020 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru comes from three parcels. This has quite a strict bouquet, just a touch of reduction to contend with at the moment, but nicely focused. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, fresh and quite zesty although it does not quite deliver the precision of the Charlemagne on the finish at the moment.
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.