2001 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
France
Chassagne Montrachet
Burgundy
White
Chardonnay
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Michel Niellon describes the 2001 vintage as "pleasant and very well balanced wines that offer lovely purity of fruit and solid acidity. It is perhaps not as fine as 2000 but 2001 is already more expressive plus there is good underlying material, the wines are harmonious and they should age well." He went on to note that "we had good maturity levels at around 12.5+% but less crop than in either 1999 or 2000." I have to agree with Niellon and as a group, these 2001 are the equal of the Niellon 2000s, though individual wines may be slightly better in one vintage than the other. The 2001s were bottled in August after 11 months of levage in 25 to 30% new wood, fined with thick milk and lightly filtered; I tasted them in February. Diageo Chateau and Estate Wines, New York, NY).
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According to Niellon, this domain produced 45 to 50 hectoliters per hectare in 2002, a bit less than in 2001. The 2002s, he told me, are fruity wines with enough acidity to give them nervosite a comment that by Niellon's standards is high praise. He's now pruning shorter, and he carried out a serious ebourgeonnage in 2001, but does not believe in green harvesting. Niellon's two 2002 grand crus showed splendidly at the beginning of June.
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Niellon reported that yields were a bit lower in 2001 than in the previous year. He told me there was little or no problem with rot in 2001 and that the wines are better and fresher than the '99s. Grape sugars were in the high 12.5% to 13% range, superior to those of 2000, and the wines after moderate chaptalization will be about 13.5% in bottle. Drink the premier crus after five or six years - or now," says Niellon of his 2000s and 2001s.
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