2013 Bienvenues Batard Montrachet
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The 2013 Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru continues to drink very well, wafting from the glass with aromas of pear, orange blossom, citrus oil, toasted nuts and white flowers. Full-bodied, satiny and textural, it's generous and enveloping, with lively acids, fine concentration and a long, saline finish. This an ample, giving Bienvenues from Ramonet; while it will hold, I'm not convinced there's much upside, so I am drinking up my remaining bottles.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
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Bright lemon-yellow. Subtle aromas of crushed stone, lemon oil, apple, ginger and clove. More intensely flavored than the premier crus, showing greater inner-mouth tension and mineral grip and a more serious underlying backbone for aging, without any hardness. Conveys lovely subtle sweetness and a seamless texture to its stone fruit and spice flavors but this wine is much more restrained today and in need of cellaring. Displays the acidity of the year but without any edges. Held up for days in the recorked bottle.