2022 Domaine Leflaive Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
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Decanter
Reviewed January 2024Ripe, buttery fruit aromas touched with hints of spice, cream and acacia blossoms make a showy first impression. It carries through on the palate with admirable richness and depth of flavour, to a long, complex finish. Yet it's the wine’s finesse and elegance that makes it genuinely outstanding. The domaine farms four parcels in Bâtard, most of it on the Puligny side, including some very old vines that give the wine its characteristic structure and depth. (CC)
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Professional Reviews
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Burghound
Note: from 3 different parcels, two on the Chassagne side and the third in the Puligny sector that is near the border dividing the two communes. A vaguely exotic quality is present on the nose of Asian-style spiced jasmine tea, orange peel, carnation, acacia, lilac and all but invisible oak. The middleweight flavors are not quite as concentrated as those of the Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet but they manage to display equally good power and drive while exhibiting superb length and impeccably good balance. This is an elegant Bâtard that is distinctly different texturally than its stablemate. *Don't Miss!*
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Vinous
The 2022 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru has a very refined bouquet, beautifully delineated, with a little more intensity than the Bienvenue. A touch of wild mint comes through with aeration. The palate has a twist of bitter lemon and is pretty saline on the mid-palate, though maybe the Bienvenue possesses a touch more finesse? It has a lovely texture (again) with a long, peppery aftertaste. Excellent. (NM)
Notes
Bill Nanson Burgundy Report: "A more floral width to this aroma, complex but not the orange citrus of the previous wines. More generous in the mouth, more textural, depth, depth and depth to this flavour. Another level of finishing clarity and longer but more subtly longer." (01/2024)
Details
| Type | White Wine |
|---|---|
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
| Origin | Puligny Montrachet, Burgundy, France |
| Bottle Size | 750 mL |
| SKU | 1780216 |