In Bond Fine Wine. 2017 Bouchard Pere & Fils Chevalier Montrachet la Cabotte, Puligny-Montrachet, Burgundy, France. Grand Cru • White Burgundy in 3x150cl. Top critic score: 95/100 (WK). Drinking window: 2027+. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Allen Meadows (BH) — 94/100 · Burghound, 10/06/2019 · Drink 2029+
A discreet application of wood can be found on the slightly riper and more obviously exotic nose that offers up essence of pear, spiced apple and acacia blossom aromas. The exceptionally rich, dense and powerful imposingly-scaled flavors brim with dry extract that also serves to buffer the firm acid spine shaping the powerful, stony and impressively long finish. As is usually the case in warmer v…
William Kelley (WK) — 95/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 09/01/2020 · Drink 2027-2055
The 2017 Chevalier-Montrachet La Cabotte Grand Cru is also showing very well from bottle, opening in the glass with a lovely bouquet of crisp green orchard fruit, citrus oil, white flowers, blanched almonds and wheat toast. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, satiny and incisive, with a deep and layered core, racy acids and a long, penetrating finish. While this can't quite match the mid-pala…
William Kelley (WK) — 94–96/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 04/01/2019
There are four barrels of the 2017 Chevalier-Montrachet La Cabotte Grand Cru, a superb wine that unfurls in the glass with aromas of lemon oil, mandarin orange, pastry cream and blanched almonds. On the palate, it's full-bodied, satiny and incisive, with a layered, concentrated mid-palate, tangy acids and lovely purity and definition, concluding with a long finish.