March 21, 2023 - @ Sixty Three Clinton NYC. Perfect bottle condition. Paler than I expected given the age. What will stick with me is the insane length of finish - 90 seconds plus. At first white steely and Chevalier-like, the honeysuckle florals came through with some oxygen and warming up towards room temperature, eventually revealing the characteristic beeswax honeyed fatty Batard innards. This was a really intellectual bottle - a privilege to experience.
July 11, 2020 - 02823. Buttery, honey wax nose. Palate is full of acid but thin. 92
July 12, 2019 - Unfortunately, this bottle of Leflaive Bienvenue Batard Montrachet 2009 from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s cellar is premixed. Still drinkable but clearly maturing faster than it should and showing chatacteristics of late 90s white Burgundy. Ripe orchard fruits, glossy lemon extract, maturing dialdehyde and hints of mushroom. Good weight with high alcohol on the finish. A shame as the last bottle I had last year was fresh and delicious. (88/100)
May 24, 2019 - Peaches, apricot, lemon, hints of lily and anise; smooth, extremely rich and succulent, showing some age and development, long gliding seamless finish; excellent but not profound
March 29, 2019 - Clos Vougeot Lunch (Paradise Valley, AZ USA): Served blind. Crisp, young, full and round in the mouth but not much length. Perhaps holding in reserve. In the end, the two Meursault 1er's were more memorable today.
November 1, 2018 - Completely oxidized!!!
May 23, 2018 - Tasted the Bienvenue, the Batard and the Chevalier in 2009. All three were ready to go from the start with forward, plush noses. The progression was almost linear. The Beinvenue was the most elegant and restrained with very good acidity. The nose was clean. The Batard had more fatness but also added an extra dimension on the nose, i.e. depth. The Chevalier combined the acidity and elegance from Bienvenue and the body and complexity from the Batard. Very interesting, albeit as expected.
February 18, 2018 - Melted butter , soft mature apple , a bit like old apple , not as a bad thing. Big wine and not oxidized - thank god. Not as good as the Batard-Montrachet from the same year.
October 20, 2017 - Theme: Musigny Grand Cru
Light - med yellow. Lifted Pepper, cold spices aromas with lemon peel and mineral. A bit bitter, solid minerality, very rich, good depth, powerful but still showing some finesse. Getting riper but still balance without being overripe.
October 20, 2017 - Musigny theme'd dinner at Summer Pavilion.
TBU