(92-95 points) Note: Bouchard has been separately vinifying this .21 ha parcel, which at one time was part of Montrachet, since 1992 though the first commercial release was not until 1997; Bouchard jokingly refers to this parcel as their "Montrachet du haute pente", or upper slope Montrachet. There is a mildly leesy note to the more floral and even spicier aromas though given that this is not yet in bottle, I suspect that the leesy note will dissipate once this is prepared for the bottling. As is virtually always the case, there is more size, weight and richness to the bigger-bodied flavors that possess plenty of power if not the same refinement, all wrapped in a more complex finale where the only nit is a touch of warmth. In 2018, this is more Montrachet than Chevalier in character.

(95+ points) Revisited in bottle, Bouchard's 2018 Chevalier-Montrachet La Cabotte Grand Cru has turned out beautifully, mingling aromas of crisp green orchard fruit, fresh peach, citrus oil, honeycomb and buttered toast—much as it did a year ago. Full-bodied, satiny and incisive, its textural attack segues into an ample, youthfully tightly wound mid-palate girdled by racy acids and underpinned by chalky structuring extract.- WK