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Tasting notes
Score 93/100 · Drink 1999-2002, Pierre Rovani, Feb 1999

Mme. Bize-Leroy's 1997 Criots-Batard-Montrachet, produced from a parcel on the vineyard's eastern extremity, has baked pear and apple aromas intermingled with spices. This is a profound, well-focused, and deeply ripe wine with flavors of marzipan, minerals, peanuts, and white flowers. It is medium-to-full-bodied, forward, super-expressive, yet possibly revealing faint traces of oxidation. Nonetheless, it is so extraordinarily flavorful and muscular that I highly recommend it. Try it in 2002 to see how it is evolving. Importers: Martine's Wines, Inc., San Rafael, CA; tel (415) 485-1800.

Critic scores

Critic scores
93
93/100

Pierre Rovani

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Domaine d'Auvenay
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Grape Blend

Chardonnay

Colour

White

Taste

Dry

Alcohol ABV%

13%

Classification

Grand Cru

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