(94-97 points) Just 1.5 barrels from 2 ouvrées, so that is a moderate yield. Tasted from the one year old barrel, ex Bâtard last year. Clear bright colour. The nose is very backward, with none of the luxurious weight of the Bâtard for example. But the weight is certainly there. Discreet but present. Tingling minerals sit just below the surface, a faint hint of menthol, still very backward.

There is a vaguely exotic character to the citrus-tinged essence of pear and white flower-scented nose. I very much like the sense of energy to the focused, intense and muscular big-bodied yet precise flavors that terminate in a compact, linear and strikingly long finale. This is an understated Montrachet that isn't exactly lace and grace, but it is definitely more on the refined side than overt power, size and outsized weight.