Jay Kline

9.5

The 2002 pours a bright yellow color with medium viscosity. On the nose, the wine is developing and basically a meatball right down the middle of the plate. Powerful notes of ripe pineapple, some ripe stone fruit, lemon curd, marzipan, butter, minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and has a great acid and mineral zip that helps cut through the density. This is a Chardonnay that so many producers desperately want to make but there are so few that can execute with this level of precision. Of the three wines in this flight it was sort of overshadowed early by the Sauzet and the Leroy Aligote…but that changed when the food came. Paired with the roulade du lapin, this was without equal. Drink now through 2032. — 5 months ago

Sylvain Rhainds

9.6

2009. Quel grand vin! — 6 years ago

Michael Ochsner

9.6

Boom! Bursting with life. “It’s not fat it’s just big boned!” — 7 years ago

Peter Comisar

9.6

Really terrific — 7 years ago

Doug Kahn

9.6

Sweet mother. Hold me down now — 8 years ago

Anthony Biagi

Winemaker Hourglass, Owner Patria

9.1

I'm a good place. Color however advanced. The color looked oxidized but flavors great — 8 years ago

Kim Reisman McKee

9.1

Lemon and oak — 9 years ago

with Patrick

Beth Novak

10

9-Liter! So powerful, it’s fresh, slight apple caramel tart with a touch of cinnamon. Pear (just ripe) brioche. Beautiful structure, so long, palate just stunning. Exceptional, — 6 months ago

Scott Kahn

9.5

What a beautiful expression of Chardonnay in the glass. Both subtle and interesting on the nose, richness of color, and a perfectly balanced wine. And while the wine had a strong mineral foundation it was much more engaging than just a single note. So glad my cellar has several more bottles to enjoy in the years ahead. — 10 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.4

The 2nd GC White Burgundy of the day. Nose not giving much - a little closed and sadly the wine a bit cold. The palate a little more restrained and medium bodied than the Jacques Carillon. — 7 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

A honeyed front with a really light and intense wall of bright fruit and very fine acid. Gorgeous poise- deep and intense. Lovely. In a very good place now — 7 years ago

with BOT, Matt and 2 others

Matt Duncan

9.5

Stunning! Decades of potential out of mag. — 8 years ago

Ed Tostanoski

9.2

Still very good but not the 08 — 8 years ago

Said Medina

9.1

Serious... — 9 years ago

Jay Kline

9.3

My first Batard-Montrachet and of course, it’s poured into a Solo cup because, Tailgate. Let’s go! The 2005 pours a deep golden color and on the nose, though it shows oxidative qualities, you can already perceive the concentration. Dried stone fruits mostly and pineapple “pate de fruit”, lemon, quince, and nuts. The palate was most fascinating. The attack was brighter with acid and chalk and more tart fruit but the finish was dense, round ripe and dry stone and pomaceous fruit that seemed to cling on the tonsils. Almost like two separate wines. Due to the concentration and acid, this probably has years to go but the oxidative character isn’t going away so I’d probably drink now. — 10 months ago

Vijay Parikh

9.2

Rating will be drastically improved with significantly more aging! After four hours of air it seemed to finally show signs of opening up — 6 years ago

Conrad Green

9.5

Slightly darker. Settled and secondary notes. Very lush with twinkling acidity. Some gorgeous midpalate. Nice depth of flavor and Criots sweet touch. — 7 years ago

with Chris, Matt and 1 other

Byron Hewett

9.0

1998 and 2000- Neither could hold up to the 2 Montrachet we had — 8 years ago

ADAM STROMFELD

9.8

OK, words cannot describe this elegant soft beauty! Perfect Balance, perfect acidity, pretty much almost a perfect wine. — 8 years ago

with Frank, Bob and 1 other

Berg

9.4

In a good place I thought — 8 years ago

with Joe, Doctor and 3 others