BÂTARD MONTRACHET
2014 Grand Cru Domaine Henri Boillot
More gold and less green in this one, Quite a big, round and beefy nose then a creamy butter-smooth attack, saline like butter too, then still energetic despite the size and weight. Lovely long gliding finish. Drinking range: 2018 - L&S (Nov 2015)
75cl bottles (wood case of 6)
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Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting, the 2014 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru was the most subtle of eight wines tasted from the vineyard, but it exudes mineralité, tension and class with gorgeous oyster shell scents percolating through with time. The palate is very detailed with a fine bead of acidity, beautifully balanced with a saline tang that builds throughout and flourishes toward the finish. This is an outstanding Bâtard-Montrachet from Henri Boillot, one that comes highly recommended. Drinking range: 2019 - 2045 Rating: 95 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Nov 2017)
This is a brilliant expression of a Grand Cru that can sometimes be almost too much of a good thing, but isn’t here. It’s rich, dense and concentrated alright, with lots of pastry, smoked lemons and stone fruit, but there’s a spinal column of acidity and minerality giving it poise and balance. Drinking range: 2020 - 2030 Rating: 95 Tim Atkin MW, www.timatkin.com (Jan 2016)
Bright yellow. Sexy aromas of ripe peach, nut oil and acacia flower. Large-scaled, broad and classically dry but not yet filled in. Rich and powerful but suave, not heavy, thanks to acidity close to five grams per liter. Finishes with outstanding palate-saturating fruit and no dryness. This is from 100% domain fruit. Rating: 93-95 Stephen Tanzer, www.vinousmedia.com (Sept 2015)
Domaine Henri Boillot
A domaine which dates to 1885, but which began properly in the early years of the 20th century under the current Henri's grandfather (also Henri). His son, Jean, was the one who really developed it. Henri arrived in 1975 and worked his way up, becoming the winemaker. In 2000 he began the building of the new winery at the bottom of Meursault, and he then bought out his brother and sister to keep the domaine as one, renaming it from 'Domaine Jean Boillot' to 'Domaine Henri Boillot' to avoid confusion with his brother Jean-Marc's domaine.
The Domaine totals around 14 hectares, with roughly equal surfaces of red and white, and of which just under 4ha is the Monopole vineyard of Clos de la Mouchère, a walled enclave within the premier Cru Puligny Perrières. The 2017 vintage saw the arrival of two new parcels of Grand Cru red, in Échezeaux and Latricières Chambertin