2018 Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard Criots-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 2022 - 2035
Dramatic and expressive, the 2018 Criots-Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru
exhibits aromas of orange rind, peach, honeyed pears and marzipan.
Full-bodied, supple and textural, it's an enveloping but youthfully
structured wine that will reward at least a couple of years of bottle
age. Celine Gagnard told me that this site handled the hot conditions
well.
2017 Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard Criots-Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Reviewed by William Kelley
Issue Date 5th Jan 2019
Source Interim January 2019 Week 1, The Wine Advocate
Rating 94 points
Release Price NA
Drink Date 2018 - 2028
Despite its warm mesoclimate, Celine Fontaine told me that the 2017
Criots-Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru didn't suffer in the dry August
weather. As usual, the wine is rich and dramatic, bursting with a musky
bouquet of mandarin orange, honeycomb, citrus blossom and spices. On the
palate, it's full-bodied, broad and succulent, with an ample, textural
attack but nice purity and delineation on the finish. The most
precocious grand cru in the cellar, it will drink well out of the gates.