2023 | Etienne Sauzet Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet| Burgundy La Falaise and golden apple emerge

and golden apple emerge

if not a decade

The texture is creamy and the tannins

and good but not trenchant acidity

The devil isn’t in the details but in the very center of the peaches and mangoes

2023 | Etienne Sauzet Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet| Burgundy La Falaise and golden apple emergeFlattering and sappy on the nose, this shows April blooms, pineberries, warm pancakes and struck matchimpressively multi dimensional. The palate is lightly lush with a touch of glycerola Grand Cru comfort wine, if you will. Flavors of warm baking spices nestle into the long, sustained finish. This is the oldest parcel of the domaine, planted in 1936 (with a part of Champ Canet). No new oak used, there is a 350 L and a 228 L barrel here. 95 Pts Tim