2002 Bienvenues Batard Montrachet
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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.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Pierre Rovani
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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