Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand cru 2021

FAIVELEY

Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand cru
2021

  • HVe3
  • Sustainable
  • In conversion

$890.00*

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Product code
448723
Format
3 x 750ml
Listing type
Cross dock
Status
Store Only
Type of product
Still wine
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine protégée (AOP)
Region
Burgundy
Subregion
Côte de Beaune
Classification
Grand cru
Varietal(s)
Chardonnay
Colour
White
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
Producer's website

About this winery

Founded in 1825, Domaine Faiveley is one of Burgundy's greatest domaines. Originally the company was a classic negotiant business, based in Nuits St. Georges and engaged in the buying and selling of wine but not the production of it. After seven generations of steadily acquiring properties throughout the Cotes de Nuits, the Cotes de Beaune, Cotes Chalonnaise and now Chablis, the Faiveley family have established themselves as the most important vineyard owners in Burgundy, with 125 hectares of...

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Press reviews

Burghound.com

(90-93) points

July 2023 (Vintage 2021)

Here too moderate wood is present on the aromas of honeysuckle, lemon confit and a vague hint of the exotic. The rich, dense and larger-bodied flavors possess a highly seductive mouthfeel that contrasts noticeably with the youthfully austere and intensely citrus-inflected finish that is presently a bit short. I suspect that once this is bottled that it will better harmonize as it’s somewhat awkward today.

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Vinous

(94-96)

November 2022 (Vintage 2021)

The 2021 Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru has such an expressive and vivacious nose that positively leaps out of the glass. In fact, if you just imagine a neon plus sign, that probably expresses the aromatics better than anything else. Happy at its survival after the frost? The palate is very well balanced with grace and poise, Williams pear mixed with white peach, tensile on the citric finish. Excellent

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Wine Advocate

(93-94) points

January 2023 (Vintage 2021)

The 2021 Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru reveals aromas of peach, pastry cream, toasted nuts and spices, followed by a full-bodied, rich and unctuous palate that unites texture and tension to compelling effect. This parcel was largely successfully protected from frost in 2021.

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