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Bienvenues Batard Montrachet 2006

Bienvenues Batard Montrachet / Leflaive, Domaine

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Tasting Notes

($392; bottled one month ago) Subtly complex nose combines peach, apple, pear, minerals, hazelnut and smoke. Explosively fruity in the mouth, with firm acidity and brisk citrus flavors giving the mid-palate terrific focus and lift. As rich as this is, it conveys a lovely light touch. Finishes firmly structured, vibrant and very long. A very good year for this style.

Score: 93

Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar 01 September 2008

Here the nose is quite similar to that of the Pucelles, particularly with its honeysuckle and citrus aromas that are perhaps ever so slightly less ripe while leading to rich, concentrated and slightly more focused and delineated medium full flavors that explode on the palate staining finish. I like the energy here as well as the underlying sense of harmony of expression.

Score: 91 - 94

Allen Meadows, Burghound Maturity: 2013+ 01 July 2008

There is a truly thrilling undertow to this wine which has real race and life with the extra savour of something reminiscent of vegetation. Real energy here. Racy and athletic. .’Bog omn the bottom’, I seem to have written but I’m sure that’s not an anatomical observation. Extremely long. Great stuff.

Score: 18 - 19

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2012-2022 04 February 2008