2018 Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Reviewed by William Kelley
Issue Date 14th Feb 2020
Source February 2020 Week 2, The Wine Advocate
Rating 94 points
Release Price NA
Drink Date 2020 - 2035
Blockier and denser than the Criots, the 2018 Batard-Montrachet Grand
Cru unfurls in the glass with scents of honeycomb, orange oil, white
flowers and toasted nuts. Full-bodied, fleshy and textural, it's lively
and long, its rich core of fruit underpinned by ripe acids.
Broad-shouldered and expressive, this will drink well sooner than the
tighter-knit 2017.
2017 Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Reviewed by William Kelley
Issue Date 5th Jan 2019
Source Interim January 2019 Week 1, The Wine Advocate
Rating 95 points
Release Price NA
Drink Date 2020 - 2035
Wafting from the glass with a complex bouquet of vine blossom, acacia
honey, mandarin oil, ripe pears and hazelnuts, the 2017
Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru is full-bodied, unctuous and dense, with a
blockier, more foursquare profile than the lavishly expansive Criots,
with more depth and concentration too, concluding with a long,
mouthwatering finish. This is quintessential Batard.