Bouchard Pere & Fils Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France 2020
This wine has everything. Bouchard farms 0.89ha of well-positioned vines in Montrachet – south of Ramonet on the Puligny side (and north of the first DRC block in Chassagne). The grapes are pressed slowly as whole clusters before fermentation in cask (only 15% new) to accent the purity of fruit. The exquisite aromas range from citrus and green apple, to riper apple, apricot and peach, with hints of chamomile, cream and bitter underpinned with a firm minerality. This vintage truly has an impressive depth of flavour and persistence on the palate. (Drink between 2025-2060)
98 Pts Decanter
Very impressive nose of Amalfi lemon, bergamot, tarte a l'orange and wild herbs. Very ripe and rich, but with a massive structure beneath all the richness. Built on a huge scale, but with excellent freshness. So much chalky power, and this makes it feel like a huge wave is pouring over you. So precisely balanced, with great minerality at the bold finish. From an 0.89-hectare plot. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.
98 Pts James Suckling
There is a touch of phenolic character to the markedly floral-suffused aromas of poached apple, pear, white peach, exotic tea and fennel. There is again excellent volume and mid-palate density to the caressing but impressively powerful big-bodied flavors that retain superb focused on the bone-dry, moderately austere and hugely long finish. Once again, more depth would be a plus, but more is almost certain to develop if this is allowed 5+ years of keeping
97 Pts Burghound
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This wine has everything. Bouchard farms 0.89ha of well-positioned vines in Montrachet – south of Ramonet on the Puligny side (and north of the first DRC block in Chassagne). The grapes are pressed slowly as whole clusters before fermentation in cask (only 15% new) to accent the purity of fruit. The exquisite aromas range from citrus and green apple, to riper apple, apricot and peach, with hints of chamomile, cream and bitter underpinned with a firm minerality. This vintage truly has an impressive depth of flavour and persistence on the palate. (Drink between 2025-2060)
98 Pts Decanter
Very impressive nose of Amalfi lemon, bergamot, tarte a l'orange and wild herbs. Very ripe and rich, but with a massive structure beneath all the richness. Built on a huge scale, but with excellent freshness. So much chalky power, and this makes it feel like a huge wave is pouring over you. So precisely balanced, with great minerality at the bold finish. From an 0.89-hectare plot. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.
98 Pts James Suckling
There is a touch of phenolic character to the markedly floral-suffused aromas of poached apple, pear, white peach, exotic tea and fennel. There is again excellent volume and mid-palate density to the caressing but impressively powerful big-bodied flavors that retain superb focused on the bone-dry, moderately austere and hugely long finish. Once again, more depth would be a plus, but more is almost certain to develop if this is allowed 5+ years of keeping
97 Pts Burghound
