2016 Henri Boillot Chevalier-Montrachet

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 95 points

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  12/12/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points

  Salon Ficofi Paris walkabout tasting and dinner, no detailed tasting notes. From Jero, still closed, hard to read, but precise and fresh palate.

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  7/7/2023 - bbq_grandcru wrote: 92 Points

  Quite rich and a bit flabby, but with nice depth and balance. Drank alongside a 2017 Sophie Morey Batard, which showed much better.

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  4/4/2018 - acyso wrote: 98 Points

  Dinner with Henri Boillot (Chicago, IL): I haven't tasted many Chevalier-Montrachets, but this bottle is exactly what I would expect Chevalier to taste like. The intense nose here, with a touch of herbs and reduction milder than the Corton-Charlemagne or Moucheres, is already a monumental thing to behold. There's oak, but it's done tastefully in the usual manner. The intensity here is what differentiates this from all the other white wines tonight. It is a focussed, powerful laser beam, with inexorable forward drive. The acidity and minerality all contribute to that. Racy, and even though the concentration here is intense, there is no fat. This is as muscular and sinewy as it comes. And while this is all driving forward, there is a vast expansiveness on the palate that only the top grands crus can accomplish. Peripherally to that linear drive is an incredibly complicated mix of fruit and green herbs. Breathtaking and monumental.

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