red cherry and sandalwood

the 2016 is magnificent

soy and tobacco flavors

Is this the best vintage since 1990 or perhaps 1978

The blend changes with each vintage and in 2010 they had very good Petit Verdot so the percentage of it is higher than ever

Paul Pernot, Bienvenues Batard Montrachet Vintage:2022 red cherry and sandalwood(from two parcels of vines totaling . 37 ha, with ages of 10+ and 40+ years). Here there is enough reduction to mask the nuances of the underlying fruit so I would suggest giving this some air first. Much like the Pucelles there is a suave and succulent mouthfeel to the medium weight flavors that are more tightly wound on the sappy, tension filled and strikingly persistent finale. This is unusually well detailed and while its not exactly chiseled, it