2018 Criots Batard Montrachet
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The 2018 Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru has an open, tropical-tinged bouquet that is quite seductive with all those passion fruit and pineapple scents, but it does not convey a sense of mineralité . It actually becomes more reductive when returning to my glass after 10 minutes. The palate is balanced with a slightly spiced opening, oily in texture (botrytis?) with plenty of extract. Rather dense and muscular towards the finish. Give this two or three years in bottle. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2018 white tasting.
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Neal Martin
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Dramatic and expressive, the 2018 Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru exhibits aromas of orange rind, peach, honeyed pears and marzipan. Full-bodied, supple and textural, it's an enveloping but youthfully structured wine that will reward at least a couple of years of bottle age. Céline Gagnard told me that this site handled the hot conditions well.
The 2018 Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is quite closed on the nose at the moment. The new oak (around 40%) is nicely integrated but it clearly needs time. Eventually, faint scents of crushed pebble, grilled hazelnut and pressed white flowers begin to emerge. The palate is very well balanced with a fine bead of acidity. This is a concentrated Criots, underpinned by impressive tension, with a spicy, feisty finish. Good persistence here; hopefully it will muster a little more complexity with bottle age.