2013 Batard Montrachet
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Bright lemon-yellow color. Deep, musky aromas of lemon, lime, white peach, nut oils and wild herbs. Densely packed and highly concentrated but less fruity and more backward today than the Bienvenue, with its well-delineated flavors of white peach and white flowers nicely supported by harmonious acidity and underlying minerality. This substantial wine has the balance to ensure a graceful evolution in bottle. Pernot's Bievenue is located on the Puligny side of its appellation while his Batard is in Chassagne, which explains why the latter wine is usually weightier and deeper, not to mention more backward in the early going.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Fascinating nose offers scents of menthol, white pepper, noble herbs and black raspberry jelly. Rich and saline, fatter and more massive than the Bienvenue but less aromatic in the mouth in the early going. A strong flavor of ripe peach carries through to the ripe, lush finish, but there's also plenty of underlying minerality here. These are very impressive 2013s
About the producer
Domaine Paul Pernot is synonymous with Puligny-Montrachet. For the last 30 years, the estate – alongside Domaine Leflaive and Domaine de Montille (previously Château de Puligny-Montrachet) – has been one of the largest shareholders in the appellation.