Bachelet Monnot 2022

87-88 Two thirds from below Puligny-Montrachet, one third Chassagne. Clear pale colour. A certain reductive tension. Fresh apples behind, in a slig...

89-91 There is enough fruit to make several tanks of La Fussière with different levels of whole bunch vinification which are then blended. A glowin...

87-90 A slightly deeper denser colour. The nose has a nutty note suggesting a light oxidation of the sample. There is a good density to the fruit, ...

89-91 The domaine always owned a small plot but now have taken back some more, to make nearly half a hectare, so there is enough for a cuvée this y...

88-90 Not quite so deep in colour, more ruby crimson than purple. The bouquet is elegant, floral, with fresh red berries. After this accessible ent...

89-91 This plot has always been white at the domaine, planted by their grandfather. Alex and Marc reckon that the upper part slopes at the Santenay...

88-90 From Chanlins and La Vache, the latter now back in the blend after having had to be replanted. A powerful purple colour. 50% whole bunches, w...

 89-91 Mid lemon yellow. A minor and benevolent reduction on the nose, which becomes steadily more elegant with aeration. Good tension, a stony qua...

90-92 Fine mid lemon yellow. A class nose, more accessible than the Meursault, with well-judged ripeness, good acidity, and though it speaks less o...

89-91 There is enough fruit to make several tanks of La Fussière with different levels of whole bunch vinification which are then blended. A glowin...

87-90 A slightly deeper denser colour. The nose has a nutty note suggesting a light oxidation of the sample. There is a good density to the fruit, ...

89-91 The domaine always owned a small plot but now have taken back some more, to make nearly half a hectare, so there is enough for a cuvée this y...

89-91 This plot has always been white at the domaine, planted by their grandfather. Alex and Marc reckon that the upper part slopes at the Santenay...

91-94 Mid lemon and lime. A little touch of oak, some graceful suggestions of fruit, but not much yet on the nose. Very classy on the palate though...

92-95 Mid lemon yellow. There is a little more generosity of fruit on the nose, this is properly ripe though it came in at 12.5%. It does not need ...

94-97 Pale primrose colour. There is striking energy to the nose, a little bacon reduction, no new wood here, just 2 x 350 litre barrels, and then ...