2023 Batard Montrachet

The 2023 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru has a more outgoing and vigorous bouquet than the Bienvenues. It has more white than yellow fruit here, crushed stone and touches of wild mint/fennel emerging with time. The palate is very well balanced with a saline opening. It has good depth and is quite pithy and grippy toward the finish. There is an admirable gutsiness to this Bâtard that makes it a worthy follow-up to the splendid 2022.