12 bottles per lot
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Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru--Vintage 1996
Côte de Beaune. Domaine-bottled: Domaine Leflaive
Tasting Note: The Bienvenue-Batard-Montrachet was the last of the 1996s to start its malo-lactic. It spent over 24 months on its lees without any sulphur, something that would have been a recipe for disaster in a less hygienic and lower acid year. It displays fresh clay, earth, and sweet pear aromas that are followed by an expansive and rich personality. This wine is extremely exuberant (atypical for the usually austere Bienvenue), expressing super-ripe pear, peach, earth, toast, and lemon flavours. Morey and Leflaive are convinced that this wine will soon shut down and be unapproachable for years. Projected maturity: 2004-2012+. 95 Points, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate 123 June 1999
12 bottles per lot
Côte de Beaune. Domaine-bottled: Domaine Leflaive
Tasting Note: The Bienvenue-Batard-Montrachet was the last of the 1996s to start its malo-lactic. It spent over 24 months on its lees without any sulphur, something that would have been a recipe for disaster in a less hygienic and lower acid year. It displays fresh clay, earth, and sweet pear aromas that are followed by an expansive and rich personality. This wine is extremely exuberant (atypical for the usually austere Bienvenue), expressing super-ripe pear, peach, earth, toast, and lemon flavours. Morey and Leflaive are convinced that this wine will soon shut down and be unapproachable for years. Projected maturity: 2004-2012+. 95 Points, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate 123 June 1999
12 bottles per lot
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