2017 Bienvenues Batard Montrachet
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Wafting from the glass with notes of fresh peach, pear, lemon curd, nougat and white flowers, Faiveley's 2017 Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is full-bodied, fleshy and layered, with a textural attack, fine depth at the core and a chalky, nicely defined finish.
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The Wine Advocate
Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
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The 2017 Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru comes from a parcel acquired in 2008, a half-hectare parcel of around 13 long rows that stretches from the top to the bottom of the Grand Cru and actually continues into the Bâtard-Montachet. This has a well-defined, wet limestone-scented bouquet that feels very focused. The balanced palate displays neatly integrated oak (although there is now no new wood) and a tender, effervescent, sherbet-tinged finish. Excellent.
A frosted plot in 2016 but the vines did not react. Cask sample. Cloudy sample. The aroma makes me want to both eat and drink this. Ripe, fragrant, delicately spiced pears. Super-tangy, elixir of youth but with the concentration and breeding immediately obvious. Deep, long and with the oak evident at this moment but just right for the fruit concentration. (JH)
About the producer
Domaine Faiveley is one of Burgundy’s most important wine producers. The family-owned estate, now in the hands of the seventh generation, is one of the largest in the region, with significant holdings in both the Côte d’Or and the Côte Chalonnaise.