Leflaive Batard Montrachet Grand Cru 2015 (750ML)

96 WA / 93-95 BH / 95 DE

The Leflaive 2015 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is a superb achievement in the 2015 vintage, wafting from the glass with a complex bouquet of white peach, fresh bread, pear, preserved citrus, beeswax and crisp yellow orchard fruit. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, multidimensional and authoritative, distinguished by its sense of completeness and control, with terrific depth and amplitude and a long, reserved finish. The Bâtard is one of the high-points of the Leflaive range this year, fully realizing the potential of the vintage. William Kelley - The Wine Advocate

Tasting note: A pungent and more expressive nose offers up a broad assortment of aromas that include notes of matchstick, white orchard fruit and in particular white peach, exotic tea and plenty of citrus nuances. The mouth feel of the big-bodied flavors is notably more refined than usual yet the underlying power of a fine Bâtard is certainly present and especially so on the hugely long, firm and built-to-age finish. In a word, impressive. Allen Meadows - Burghound

More reserved than the elegant Bienvenues, with a deeper-pitched bouquet of peach, iodine, poached pear and a subtle framing of 80% new oak. On the palate the wine is more ample and dense, with incredible power and dimension, and a long, refined finish. A really successful Bâtard this year, which has fully integrated the ripeness of the vintage and avoided the extremes of muscularity which this site is capable of. Drinking Window 2018 - 2045 - Decanter