2012 Batard Montrachet

The 2012 Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru has a brisk and “cool”, mineral-driven bouquet that opens wonderfully in the glass. There is real breeding here. The palate is vibrant and citrus fresh with tension and huge weight and intensity on the finish that crashed like a large wave upon the breakwater. This is no shy and retiring Batard and should turn out to be a feisty number. Oct 2014, www.robertparker.com