Domaine Vincent Sophie Morey, Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru, France

莫雷酒莊（巴塔-蒙哈榭特級園）白葡萄酒

點擊次數(shù)：1022

The 2016 Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru, from vines planted in 1950, was reduced to a single barrel this year, although Vincent Morey admitted that he was surprised to get anything at all from the vineyard. It has quite a rich bouquet because of the influence of the new wood, although there is sufficient fruit to back that up, and it remains well defined. The palate is rounded on the entry with tangerine and dried apricot notes, a fine bead of acidity, if missing some length similar to many white Burgundies this vintage.

Tasted blind at the Burgundy 2012 tasting in Beaune. The 2012 Batard Montrachet Grand Cru from Sophie Morey has a very phenolic, rather "worked" bouquet that offers lemon curd and dried honeyed aromas, the oak not as well integrated as I hoped. The palate is very oaky on the entry and this serves to smother the definition and slightly dry out the finish. There is a good wine here but the oak is too dominant. I actually prefer some of the Domaine’s premier crus this year.

The 2010 Batard-Montrachet is rich, powerful and very tightly wound. Vibrant mineral notes are woven into the intense, layered fruit but they are nearly buried by the wine’s intensity. Ideally, the 2010 needs another couple of years to fully come together. Today it is very much closed in on itself. Anticipated maturity: 2014+. Vincent Morey began harvesting on September 17th. All of the 2010s were bottled before the 2011 harvest. Morey told me he seeks to maintain freshness in his wines, and therefore sees nothing to gain from longer elevage. I also tasted a handful of highly attractive 2011s from barrel. Importer: Vineyard Brands, Birmingham, AL; tel. (205) 980-8802