2019 Batard Montrachet
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The 2019 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is a little muffled on the nose, showing wild honey, peach skin and lime cordial intermixed with butterscotch aromas. It needs more tension and mineralité . The palate is viscous on the entry, concentrated and deep, yet missing the requisite tension. It shows some heat toward the finish. The jury is out on this one, and it deteriorates in the glass. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.
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Notes of pear, buttered orchard fruit, white flowers, peach and praline introduce Chartron's 2019 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru, a medium to full-bodied, layered and elegantly textural wine that's bright and precise even in this inherently rich, powerful vintage.
The 2019 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru comprises three barrels from the domaine supplemented by one from another source. It has a strict nose: crushed stone, flint, red apples and then as it opens, a touch of kerosene. The palate is medium-bodied with immense concentration matched with a fine bead of acidity. There is some creamy oak to be subsumed, but I admire the persistence and length on the finish. Great potential.