Bouchard Pere & Fils, Montrachet Grand Cru 2015

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Reviewed by: Neal Martin

The 2015 Montrachet Grand Cru was closed on the nose, probably due to it being racked the previous week, though you can tell that there is intensity and concentration locked in here. The palate is balanced with a slightly viscous opening. Good depth of flavor with hints of honey towards the finish, though I discerned more breeding and terroir expression on both Chevalier-Montrachets from Bouchard Père. Maybe the warmth of the growing season is more evident here? Good, but it is not the very best 2015 Montrachet on the block this year.

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Reviewed by: William Kelley

The 2015 Montrachet Grand Cru opens in the glass with a pretty nose of buttered apples, popcorn, orange blossom, mandarin rind, peach pit and a very subtle framing of new oak (15% new). On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, sappy and concentrated, with serious structure and grip, underpinned by succulent acidity. This isn't as racy as the Chevalier-Montrachet La Cabotte, but it reveals seriously impressive depth and extract and has become more tensile and precise since bottling, both of which bode well for its evolution over the next 10-15 years. Bottled under DIAM 30.

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Reviewed by: William Kelley

Tasted blind, Bouchard's 2015 Montrachet Grand Cru put in a fabulous showing, making my tasting note from earlier this year seem decidedly conservative. Wafting from the glass with a complex bouquet of Meyer lemon, mandarin, orange blossom, dried white flowers and toasted hazelnut, the wine is full-bodied, ample and textural, with an incredibly elegant, pure and precise profile. Above all, it's beautifully balanced, with the ineffable sense of completeness that distinguishes Montrachet at its best.