Description / Reviews
// 100% Chardonnay, fermented and aged in oak.
// 12 months in 25% new oak barrels and 6 months in stainless steel.
"Bâtard-Montrachet is a powerful and voluminous wine on the palate, revealing a rare complexity. It offers a texture rich in dried fruits and sappy notes, ending with a saline finish. Its slightly reductive and tense structure perfectly reflects its Puligny-Montrachet terroir." - Olivier Leflaive, Winemaker
"One of Olivier Leflaive's top wines, harvested from vines owned by the firm. It has all the great concentration that Batard promises, balanced by lively, citrus acidity for a memorable and appetizing expression. So pure and focused on the palate and long in the finish. Medium- to full-bodied. Will age well for decades. Best after 2028." - 96 Points, Jim Gordon, James Suckling
"Elegant, cool and very pure aromas include those of mineral reduction, acacia blossom, just sliced citrus and various white fleshed fruit scents. The notably sleek large-bodied flavors possess only average density though there is slightly better depth and persistence on the sappy and impeccably well-balanced finale. This is a refined Bâtard that should age gracefully over the mid to even longer-term." - 92-94 Points, Allen Meadows, Burghound
