Alvaro Bustillos

9.8

Dia padre casa mazf — 25 days ago

Vin d’Ottawa

9.1

Clear stony minerality with subdued soursop flavours. Lovers of Muscadet will be pleased. — 3 years ago

with Gillian

Jordan Cleare

9.6

Delicious sauce blanc. Juicy, citrus notes. Drinkable. No bite. Round — 5 years ago

Alexander Vadas

9.5

Brimming with tension and depth. Crystalline and zest freshness. — 5 years ago

with Michael

Morgan Diamant

9.4

Hitting its stride nearing peak drinking window. Great nose and complexity on the palate with dark fruit, well integrated tannins, and a long finish. Black cherry, blackberry, plum, cranberry, coffee, chocolate, hint of vanilla. $45 at total — 6 years ago

Philip Dobrin

9.5

Showing beautifully. Beat out the leflaive chevalier this night — 7 years ago

Michael Ochsner

9.3

Aggressive nose but restrained on the palate. Nice and clean. $14.50 C — 8 years ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.2

Medium deep lemon yellow , showing a bit of age but not unduly so . On the nose this is quite rich and ripe , some apricot , lemon peel , melted butter , sea breeze and toasted hazelnuts . On the palate this also shows that richness , with ripe yellow fruits , peach , citrus peel and toasty hazelnut . This has just enough acidity along with balanced alcohol , though quite weighty and rich in style it is also balanced by its sheer extract and intensity . Good length with toasty , yellow fruit tinged finish . Quite a rich , generous Batard , though it is overall well balanced and starting to show very well , no rush here but it’s probably in its prime drinking window . From now and over the next 5 -8 years perhaps . — 12 days ago

Brandon Beldengreen-Karas

9.5

Lemon, butter, cashews, and vanilla. A large and powerful body with a generous finish. The “Bastard” Montrachet did it again! — 4 years ago

Mark Eastom

9.1

Yum. Brioche, green apple, white flowers, fine bubbles and kicking acidity. — 5 years ago

Jay Kline

9.5

Opened and poured into a ship decanter for two hours before being returned to the bottle another couple of hours prior to dinner at Le Bouillon. A golden color that seem lighter on the rim. On the nose, this is eminently rustic with stone fruits, wild flower honey, echinacea and butterscotch. On the palate, not nearly as oxidative as the nose would suggest. In fact, this is remarkably fresh with bright apricot and nondescript tropical fruits. Medium-plus acid. The finish is long and somewhat saline. A wine of brilliant texture. A stunning pairing with marinated octopus and was delightful with the other courses of our meal as well. A small portion was left for further evaluation the following day. I am happy to report that it held up very well indeed. The late Serge Hochar once said that his white wines seem to gain freshness with age. The 2005 vintage shows there is likely truth to his assessment. Well cellared examples should drink well for at least another decade. I, for one, look forward to checking in on these for many years to come. — 5 years ago

Justin Crum

8.9

Good, but not great. Yeasty. From Chelsea and Nehal. — 7 years ago

Boxer Briefs

9.4

Incredible site just below Batard Montrachet. Slight reduction on open, doesn’t over power the citrus, shows a little bit of barrel not. Great wine. — 8 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.0

Nicely balanced. Tasty. — 3 years ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.4

Full bodied powerful batard with peach and stone fruit overtones. Classic — 4 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.7

Tasted blind. Yellow gold in the glass, with similar notes as the 96 BBM and Batard next to it. Massive acidity. More floral than the other two. Very rich. This went neck and neck all night with the Batard as the best of the three. At first I liked the Chevy more but the Batard was right there too. 97+ — 4 years ago

Will Stanley

9.5

Decanted for around an hour, the recently released 2013 Grand Vin from Chateau Musar is an enormous wine at present in its youth. Gradually, it opened into a gorgeous, exotic and utterly unique product of this unlikely corner of the wine world. There’s plenty of Bordeaux-like character in the form of dark fruit and cigar box, but there are notes too of cranberry, liquorice, clove, mandarin and five spice. The mouthfeel, as a whole, has a quasi Brunello quality to it, with its bright cherry fruit and mouthwatering acidity. But woe is anyone to compare this wine to any other, for it is incomparable. One of Serge Hochar’s last vintages before his passing in 2014, and one that will doubtless have a long life. — 5 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.6

Gorgeous mature Batard. Layered and complex. Stone fruits, brioche. Round and long. Extremely enjoyable. — 6 years ago

Alan Weinberg

9.2

neighbors Batard Montrachet, good company for this lieux dit. Stunning wine—nose, palate, punches far above its appellation. Nose shows flowers and spice, palate contains nuts and citrus, with acidity that lifts the wine, minerality, complex wine, long clean finish. Superb wine. — 8 years ago

Maxwell Andrle

9.6

Incredible wine. Huge but not heavy. Dense, brooding, hibernating. Not super showy at this stage but still gives an incredible experience if you give it time and listen. 2013 is a great vintage for Batard as it is more of a lean, acid driven style which balances the big, rich, sometimes heavy (depending on producer and year) character. Great freshness and mineral character. Perfect balance. Well worth the money if you can afford it. Although it was fantastic at age 5, I can only imagine how amazing it’ll be in a decade or two. — 8 years ago