2017 Domaine Bouchard Pere et Fils, Montrachet Grand Cru 1×1.5L

Robert Parker 96

Revisited from bottle, the 2017 Montrachet Grand Cru is showing brilliantly, exhibiting a profound bouquet of yellow orchard fruit, fresh peach, white flowers, honeycomb, freshly baked bread and wheat toast. On the palate, it’s full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with a textural attack that segues into a layered core that’s underpinned by lively acids, concluding with a long and resonant finish. While this is already quite aromatically flamboyant, at least a decade’s patience will be rewarded. [William Kelley, 19/12/2019]

Anticipated maturity: 2027-2055

Vinous 92

The 2017 Montrachet Grand Cru comes from 0.88 hectares of vine between Ramonet and Domaine de la Romanee-Conti. It has a stoic, backward, linear bouquet that is far less expressive than either Chevalier-Montrachet. It eventually offers wet limestone and green apple scents. The palate is well balanced, not powerful or even the most complex Montrachet that I have tasted from Bouchard, but it feels very harmonious, with a smooth, lightly spiced finish. [Neal Martin, 10/01/2019]

Anticipated maturity: 2022-2042