2013 Domaine Étienne Sauzet Montrachet Grand Cru
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(aged in one-third new barrels, the rest second use): Very pale, bright yellow. Ripe peach, musky lees, marzipan and spices on the almost exotic nose. Then very powerful, penetrating and extremely backward in the mouth, with dominant flavors of iodiney minerality and menthol. Youthfully tough today and phenolic on the back end. This will need considerable patience. The potential alcohol here was a healthy 13.2% and the finished wine weighs in at 13.5%.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate
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The 2013 Montrachet Grand Cru, of which there are four barrels this year, has a bashful nose at first, a king demanding coaxing from his chamber! There are certainly good mineral notes here, although I feel that the Bâtard-Montrachet is more complex at the moment. The palate is more regal with finely tuned acidity, reserved at the moment with tangible stony, almost flinty notes developing toward the peacock’s tail finish. This is very fine, but I actually think the Bâtard-Montrachet will give it a run for its money. However, I am more impressed by the 2013 than the 2012 last year.