Grands Crus
Bienvenues Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Corney & Barrow score 18
This comes from the oldest vines of the Domaine, a single parcel planted in 1958 and 1959,
and offers a magnificent effort in 2008. Green, old gold colour. Fabulous nose of hedonistically
heavy, rich, spicy fruited perfume, honeyed and flowered. The palate is similarly rich,
with layers of seductively profound flavours, an almost grainy minerality and an intensity
of concentrated fruits to the finish. Great wine.
Recommended drinking from 2013–2016
£875/case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
£880/case of 3 magnums, in bond UK
£610/case of 1 jeroboam, in bond UK
Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Corney & Barrow score 18
The malos were just finishing on my second tasting and my score may be a little conservative.
Rich, old gold colour. The perfume on the nose is of voluptuous, even fat ripeness and the
palate confirms this although with a minerality that lifted this weight well. On my third tasting
on the 20th November there was a haunting, insistent quality to the nose and palate that again
lifts the weight quite beautifully. Super.
Recommended drinking from 2013–2016
£975/case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
£980/case of 3 magnums, in bond UK
£670/case of 1 jeroboam, in bond UK
Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru
Corney & Barrow score 18–19
If there is a significant step up between the greatest of the first growths (Pucelles) and the
two grands crus Bienvenues Bâtard and Bâtard then there is a further leap to be made into
Chevalier. One felt too that this was the vineyard that Anne-Claude’s father Vincent was always
closest to and most proud of. With good reason. Planted in the 1950s and with some replanting
in 1974 and 1980 the vines are old and the soil thinner and meaner than Le Montrachet.
This endows the wine with an ageability borne of a dry reserve to match its sonorous, profound
weight. Full gold in colour the 2008 offers almost in suspension a powerful array of creamily
rich, honeyed perfume almost leesy in its power. The palate is quite beautiful, awesomely pure
and elegant, impeccably balanced, rich, full, concentrated and of terrific length. Grand vin.
Recommended drinking from 2015–2018
£1200/case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
£1205/case of 3 magnums, in bond UK
£820/case of 1 jeroboam, in bond UK

These wines are released en primeur. Delivery dates to be confirmed
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