2012 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
France
Chassagne Montrachet
Burgundy
White
Chardonnay
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The estate's Chassagne-Montrachet Chenevottes, Chevalier-Montrachet and Batard-Montrachet were hit hard by the June hail storm in 2012, as were the domain's adjacent village parcels, noted Niellon's son-in-law Michel Coutoux. The "terrible" flowering also sharply cut the potential size of the crop in 2012.Yields were quite low and partly for this reason Coutoux describes the very concentrated 2012s as "almost too much.They have heavy aromas almost like the 2003s."He added that he prefers both 2011 and 2010.He told me he thinks he picked four or five days too late in 2012 and lost some Burgundy typicity and acidity.The 2012 Batard and Chevalier weigh in at 13.8% and 14% alcohol, respectively.For both of these wines, I preferred the 2011 version at the end of May.But it's early days for the young 2012s.The malos finished three months ago and the wines were sulfited in March but were still on their lees.
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