Critic ratings
vinous
2017
Rating:
92
–94
The 2017 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru has a very backward and taciturn bouquet, not unlike Domaine Pierre Morey’s that I tasted a couple of hours earlier. The palate is well balanced, quite sapid with orange rind and dried honey notes, lots of matière (perhaps more than the Corton-Charlemagne) with fine precision on the finish. Give it a couple of years in bottle.
robert_parker
2018
Rating:
93
–93
The 2018 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is very promising, opening in the glass with a classy bouquet of citrus oil, white peach, beeswax, orange oil and warm bread. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it's nicely concentrated and youthfully reserved, with an elegantly seamless profile.
robert_parker
2019
Rating:
92
–94
Notes of pear, buttered orchard fruit, white flowers, peach and praline introduce Chartron's 2019 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru, a medium to full-bodied, layered and elegantly textural wine that's bright and precise even in this inherently rich, powerful vintage.
robert_parker
2020
Rating:
91
–93
Aromas of pear, citrus oil, white flowers and buttery pastry introduce the 2020 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru, a medium to full-bodied, rich and fleshy wine that's powerful and open-knit, with a riper profile than the Chevalier-Montrachet.
robert_parker
2014
Rating:
93
–95
The 2014 Bâtard Montrachet Grand Cru has a focused, stony, stoic bouquet with fine mineralité, but clearly prefers you to wait several years for it to fully open. In this sense it is the sibling of the 2014 Clos du Cailleret. There are traces of peach skin and jasmine that emerge with time, a little honeysuckle, however everything here is kept in check. The palate is crisp and fresh on the entry, saline and driven by the acidity with a touch of pepper enlivening the finish that gently fans out, yet never loses its head. This is another very fine Grand Cru.
robert_parker
2016
Rating:
94
–96
The 2016 Bâtard Montrachet Grand Cru was reduced from four to three barrels because of the frost. It has a fine peach skin, red apples and cold slate-scented bouquet that opens with confidence with aeration. The palate is fresh on the entry, very focused and with a keen line of acidity. Very harmonious with superb salinity on the finish that keeps you coming back. Due to be bottled by Easter, try and bag one of the 750 odd bottles.
robert_parker
2017
Rating:
92
–94
The 2017 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru exhibits aromas of fresh peach, ripe citrus fruit, beeswax and nutty new oak. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, broad shouldered and muscular, with excellent depth and dimension at the core, ripe acids and a long, vibrant finish. Despite its unmistakable power, this is an elegantly rendered Bâtard that should offer a broad drinking window.
robert_parker
2012
Rating:
91
–91
The 2012 Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru has a tightly wound, lime leaf-scented bouquet with attractive, subtle, tropical aromas lingering underneath. The palate is livelier than the aromatics with crisp citrus fruit on the entry that marries well with the 40% new oak. It is focused and poised, long on the finish but will need several years in bottle to develop more nuances.
A hole had opened up in my itinerary when Philippe Colin had to cancel our rendezvous, (nothing personal – his 2012s had had to be racked and were not in representative condition.) What to do before my 5 p.m. meeting with Olivier Lamy? Walking back from Domaine Alain Chavy I popped my head round the door to see if Jean-Michel Charton was (a) there and (b)willing to show me his 2012s. As luck would have it, I was able to spend a profitable 90 minutes tasting through his whites. His wines have tended to be a little underrated out there in the market place. I have had more time for them than others and the 2012s attest to a producer that is improving with every passing vintage.
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robert_parker
2013
Rating:
92
–94
The 2013 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru has an appealing marine influence on the nose. Like many Bâtard-Montrachet '13s from barrel, this is surprisingly open and generous with sea shells and cockle scents. The palate is very well balanced with a crisp line of acidity. The oak is nicely integrated here, lending scents of brioche and almond toward the finish that shows impressive weight. Jean-Michel mentioned that after fining it will develop more minerality and less oak influence, and if that is the case, then this should develop into a superb Grand Cru.