2019 Bâtard Montrachet Grand Cru Domaine Bachelet-Monnot

The 2019 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru for the second year running has no new oak. It has a beautifully defined bouquet with citrus peel, Clementine, lemon verbena and light limestone aromas. This is wonderfully focused and intense. The palate is well balanced with a saline entry, taut and crisp with a flinty opening, then slams down the shutters towards the finish as if to say, how rude it is to be assessed at this stage (fair enough). So give this 5-6 years in bottle because there's a killer wine waiting for you.

(from a .1464-ha parcel on the Puligny side planted to the equivalent of a 15,000 vines per hectare density; the wine sees no new wood and is aged in 1 and 2-year-old 350-liter barrels). An exuberantly floral yet restrained nose reticently offers up its aromas of pear, spiced apple and citrus confit. Like the Folatières, the larger-scaled flavors are powerful yet nicely refined while exuding a subtle minerality on the punchy, delineated and hugely long finish where a touch of better lemon gradually emerges. This is beautifully well-balanced with outstanding development potential. (92-95)/2029+