2015 Batard Montrachet
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Pale, bright yellow. Very ripe scents of yellow peach, musky hazelnut and vanillin oak. Dense, opulent and seamless but tighter in the early going than the Bienvenues-Bâtard, with its powerful stone fruit flavors framed by sound acidity. No easy sweetness here; in fact, this wine is almost painful. Most impressive today on the unflagging back end, which shows a slight phenolic quality as well as terrific lift and citrussy cut, with the note of vanillin oak repeating. Very different in style from the Bienvenues, this will need longer cellaring.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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(just one of the four barrels was new, but two others were just a year old): Full yellow. Superripe, nectar-like peach and apricot aromas, along with some vanillin oak and a liqueur-like hint of Poire William. Densely packed, concentrated, sappy and sweet, with a saline quality adding another dimension. This opulent grand cru builds impressively on the very long finish.