Bâtard-Montrachet 2010

Provenance

Private Client

Critics Ratings

"One barrel made from 65-year-old vines on the Chassagne side, near DRC's. Big, broad, confident nose. Then on the palate it became rather introvert, even a little green, so high is the acidity. Quite an unusual Bâtard for its tension. There is even a hint of grapefruit. All hunched up for the moment." - Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, 18+/20 (Jan 2012)

"The 2010 Batard-Montrachet bursts from the glass with an exotic melange of intensely perfumed yellow stone fruits, flowers and spices. It boasts marvelous inner sweetness and layers of expressive fruit that seem to blossom endlessly in the glass, filling out the wine's broad-shouldered frame all the way through to the huge, viscous finish. In 2010, the Batard is seamless, round and totally inviting. I want this wine." - Antonio Galloni, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 98/100 (Aug 2012)

"Good pale color. Brooding aromas of pineapple, mirabelle, clove, menthol and licorice. Conveys an impression of volume without weight, thanks to a near-perfect sugar/acid balance. Began rather inexpressive in the mouth but gained in complexity with air. Most impressive today on the mounting, palate-staining back end, which leaves behind notes of citrus fruit, wild herbs, menthol, wet stone and vanillin oak." - Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, 95+/100 (Sep 2012)