2011 Chevalier Montrachet 3 l Domaine Bouchard
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Good bright, pale yellow-straw. Perfumed aromas of peach pit and vanillin oak, lifted by spicy high notes. Rich and concentrated but light on its feet. Shows sweet stone fruit flavors and very good breadth on the front half, then turns firmer and more saline on the back end, finishing dry and brisk, with lingering notes of citrus peel and white peach. Boasts a lovely core of sweet fruit but this will need patience.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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12-14 months in barrel, up to 20% new. Not giving much away on the nose. Some cedary citrus. Richer on the palate than I expected from the nose but still very much a child of this vintage. More length than depth, clean cut and subtle. (JH)
Bright pale yellow. Rich aromas and flavors of lemon zest, white flowers and gingerbread. Full and sappy but given an urgent, juicy quality by a superb acid/mineral spine. Nothing heavy or flaccid about this beauty in spite of its sweet, open-knit mid-palate. The impressively firm, rising, peacock's tail of a finish boasts terrific energy for the year. This one actually finished with lower residual sugar than the 2010 version, which has close to two grams per liter, according to Prost.