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Tasting notes
Score 94+/100 · Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, Sep 2004

Highly complex nose melds peach, nut oil, marzipan, clove, minerals and crushed stone. Wonderfully fat but bracing fruit offers terrific purity and citric thrust, with the new oak component adding a subtle sweetness. The highest in acidity of these 2002s at 4. 4 grams per liter. A very closed vin de garde , in need of a good eight years of patience. One barrel was new out of just over two barrels produced.

Critic scores

Critic scores
93
93/100

Average Score

94
94+/100

Stephen Tanzer, Vinous

91
90-92/100

Pierre Rovani

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90 - 92 points
Pierre Rovani
Score 90-92/100 · Drink 2004-2011, Pierre Rovani, Feb 2004

Loads of richly aromatic nuts and syrupy minerals can be found in the nose of the outstanding 2002 Bienvenue-Batard-Montrachet. Medium to full-bodied, broad-shouldered and concentrated, it reveals hazelnuts, tangy minerals, candied lemons, and zesty limes in its deep, fresh character. Projected maturity: now-2011. Importers: Vineyard Brands, Birmingham, AL; tel. (205) 980-8802; Neal Rosenthal Wine Merchant, New York, NY; tel. (800) 910-1990; Wine Markets International, Woodbury, NY; tel. (516) 364-1850; and, for the “Cuvee Nicole,” the same wine as the village Puligny-Montrachet, Kysela Pere et Fils, Fran Kysela, Winchester, VA; tel. (540) 722-9228

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Domaine Louis Carillon et Fils
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Grape Blend

Chardonnay

Colour

White

Taste

Dry

Alcohol ABV%

13.5%

Classification

Grand Cru

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