2004 Batard Montrachet
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Neal Martin
Jancis Robinson MW
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The 2004 Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru from Anne-Claude is creamy, generous and lightly honeyed, but in my opinion is in want of more terroir expression and delineation. It actually seems quite advanced for its age and status. The palate is powerful and quite viscous in the mouth with vanilla and honey notes, but again, it does not really express what Batard is all about. For sure, a pleasurable wine, but it is missing intellectual rigor. Drink now-2017.
Engaging reductive nose, smoky and haunting. Very fine boned. Blind, it could be difficult to identify as a Bâtard, though if you put Leflaive into the mix you might get it as perhaps it is not quite so finely chiselled as their Chevalier-Montrachet. Very firm and bone dry, savoury and appetising. You could drink it now but it still has great tautness and I would expect it to flower into something even more complex. Really great dry white wine. (JR)
About the producer
Domaine Leflaive is arguably Burgundy’s most famous white wine producer, setting the benchmark for top-quality Chardonnay in the Côte de Beaune and the world. The property is the largest land-owner in Puligny-Montrachet, with extensive holdings in the village and five hectares of Grand Cru vineyards