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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.6 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by TWSA on 3/16/2024 & rated 92 points: Nose: pineapple, cheese , hints of gunflint, caramel, white flower, guava, sesame
Notes: quite full bodied and intense upon opening. Etienne Sauzet is one of the makers that has been slowly changing from the conventional fatty chardonnay style to a relatively lean and modern style in recent vintages, especially after 2010/2011. While this may be a trendy move I certainly enjoyed the Sauzets of yesteryear a little more but I guess this is the reality if Burgundy white. As the wine opens up more it actually becomes more lean and steely with plenty of gunflint. Although this is not the style I prefer but I still think this is every bit as intense and complex as a Batard should be except the fatness and fullness which the reader may or may not like due to personal taste. I think this has plenty more time ahead of it and cellaring further will one day be quite rewarding.
Drink: 2030+
Rating: 92 (171 views) | | | Tasted by Burgnick on 4/19/2023 & rated 93 points: Initially a bit reductive and lean on the palate, but it opened up with the Batard fatness and grand cru weight after swirling in the glass. It exhibited gun powder, citrus, hazelnuts and lemon peel. It has just entered its drinking window but it surely will develop more layers with age. (845 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 9/10/2021 & rated 93 points: Acker's COVID-Vaccinated BYO Dinner and Auction Simulcast (Craft - New York NY): Small glass, brief note. Apple and pear with floral start, spice flourishes in the middle. Very concentrated Grand Cru density with a brightly textured finish. Very good now. (1528 views) | | | Tasted by Nanda on 9/10/2021 & rated 93 points: Acker Auction BYO (Craft NYC): In an early peak and pleasure-filled zone. Lots of match-stick and orchard fruit. Good raw power but made fresh and refined with well integrated acidity. Still a bit young, but quite satisfying. (1145 views) | | | Tasted by jrh82 on 8/20/2018 & rated 92 points: Very good wine indeed. Not a broad or powerful wine which you might have expected from Sauzet and Batard. Instead there were, much like Bienvenues Batard Montrachet from same producer and vintage, no particular characteristics which stood out. Rather an steady winemaking resulting in a very harmonious and elegant version of Batard. This was probably the wine most resembling Dom. Leflaive Pucelles '14 with regards to minerality, acidity and balance albeit on a smaller scale. Could be the 2014 vintage coming through on wines? More yellow than green apple on this wine which differentiates the two.
In a different setting I believe this wine would have shone better and one would have better appreciated how elegantly this wine was made. However the crazy minerality and acidity in the Pucelles '14 and the opulent and obvious fruit of the Girardin Chevalier Montrachet '12 made this wine appear more neutral than it normally would have done.
Plenty of upside. (1562 views) |
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Vinous, The 2014 White Burgundies: What’s Not To Like? (Sep 2016) (9/1/2016)
(Domaine Etienne Sauzet Batard-montrachet Grand Cru) Subscribe to see review text. | By Allen Meadows
Burghound, Jun-16, Issue #63
(Domaine Etienne Sauzet Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Nov/Dec 2015, Issue #60, The 2014 Burgundy Vintage: A Very, Very Fine Year
(Bâtard-Montrachet- Domaine Etienne Sauzet) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, The 2014 & 2013 White Burgundies (Sep 2015) (9/1/2015)
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Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
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