2012 Bienvenues Batard Montrachet

The 2012 Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru from Ramonet is already quite accessible, offering up an attractive bouquet of apple, white peach, pastry cream, spring flowers and oak vanillin, followed by a typically glossy, expansive palate impression. I have some reservations, however, about how open knit the wine is on the palate, and a firmer core and more acidic cut to balance this wine's generous body would auger better for the long haul. As it is, this is a Bienvenues to approach in the near term, and I plan to follow that advice with my remaining bottles.