2020 Bouchard Chevalier Montrachet

The 2020 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru opens in the glass with notes of citrus oil, musky peach, tangerine, nutmeg and buttered popcorn. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and incisive, it's chiseled and penetrating, with a tightly wound core of fruit and a racy spine of acidity. As readers will remember, this bottling hails from the three terraces on the hillside above Bouchard's La Cabotte, their bottling from the latter—which abuts Montrachet itself—being more muscular and powerful, whereas this cuvée is finer-boned and more ethereal.  William Kelley 93-95+

from a 2.54 ha parcel including La Cabotte). Cool, pure and elegant aromas are comprised by
notes of essence of green apple, a panoply of spice elements, mineral reduction and plenty of citrus nuances, all of which is
trimmed in just enough wood to mention. The very rich, full-bodied and markedly powerful flavors coat the palate with dry
extract while the firm acid spine preserves the excellent delineation on the austere and intense citrusy finale. This too would
benefit from having better depth but that should reasonably occur with a few years of bottle aging.  Burghound 92-94