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Jacques Carillon, Bienvenues Bâtard Montrachet Grand Cru 2016
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Reviewed by: Neal Martin
There is only about half the amount of 2016 Bienvenue Bâtard Montrachet Grand Cru this year, around 200 liters to be exact. It has a modest nose, perhaps even outshone by the Les Referts at this moment, but there is an attractive and subtle reduction here that works well. The palate is fresh and crisp on the entry. This has a wonderful line of acidity, fresh and vibrant with a crisp, quite spicy finish with a dab of ginger. It does not possess the persistence of the greatest vintages that I have tasted in recent years, but it is a great success in what was a beleaguered season for this vineyard.
Reviewed by: William Kelley
Carillon produced merely one barrel of the 2016 Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru, but the ensuing wine is superb, offering up aromas of tangerine oil, Meyer lemon, crisp yellow orchard fruit, dried white flowers and honeycomb, subtly framed by new oak. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, satiny and concentrated, with exceptional depth and length, broad-shouldered but elegant and incisive. I suspect the more structurally tight-knit Referts may be longer lived, but this Bienvenues will be the more striking over the first 15 years.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
(just a single barrel produced as the crop was reduced 50% by frost): Reticent aromas of lemon zest and sweet oak. A distinct step up in density and power from the premier crus, with excellent acidity (4.4 grams per liter) giving balancing cut to the wine's considerable gras. Slightly high-toned flavors of citrus peel and saline minerality contribute to the impression of inner-mouth tension. This very youthful grand cru finishes firm and long, with excellent cut.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Carillon produced merely one barrel of the 2016 Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru, but the ensuing wine is superb, offering up aromas of tangerine oil, Meyer lemon, crisp yellow orchard fruit, dried white flowers and honeycomb, subtly framed by new oak. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, satiny and concentrated, with exceptional depth and length, broad-shouldered but elegant and incisive. I suspect the more structurally tight-knit Referts may be longer lived, but this Bienvenues will be the more striking over the first 15 years.
About the Producer
Always bound by his village and vines, Jehan Carillon was already a winemaker in 1520. Sylvia and Jacques are produced from 5 hectares/12.5 acres of land, exclusively planted in the best climate of Puligny-Montrachet. All wines come from our own vineyards. Puligny-Montrachet is a historic village, a symbol of Burgundy viticulture. It is part of the extraordinary Côte de Beaune, Chardonnay Paradise. Considered to be the main production area of the most complex white wines in the world, benefiting from the most famous terroirs. Vinification and aging are done in oak barrels. Pressing and settling for 12 to 18 hours before the juice is rolled into barrels, where alcoholic and malolactic fermentation takes place The style of Jacques Carillon is very classic in all its nuances, maintaining a balance between the power, sophistication and mineral sophistication that characterize the Jacques Carillon terroir.
