2019 Vintage- The 2019 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru has a rather terse bouquet, more saline than the Criots, touches of oyster shell coming through with time in the glass. The palate is well balanced with more weight and density than the Criots, grippy and saline with a long spicy aftertaste. This is excellent - but serious and warranting cellaring for three or four years.
(Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru White) A cooler and very pure nose freely offers up its aromas of spice, various citrus elements and ripe white fleshed fruit, in particular white peach. The delicious, intense and beautifully textured medium weight plus flavors possess focused power and fine detail on the balanced and strikingly long finish. This is a Bâtard of finesse and understated rather than overt muscle and imposing size and weight. (Drink starting 2031)
(Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru White) A cooler and very pure nose freely offers up its aromas of spice, various citrus elements and ripe white fleshed fruit, in particular white peach. The delicious, intense and beautifully textured medium weight plus flavors possess focused power and fine detail on the balanced and strikingly long finish. This is a Bâtard of finesse and understated rather than overt muscle and imposing size and weight. (Drink starting 2031)
