Benoît says he waits at least ten years before touching his Montrachet—currently drinking his 2010. He feels the wine is too "moody" when young, but it becomes unbeatable with age. This is super-charged with intense, pure orchard fruit flavors showing highlights of positive reduction and smouldering firepit. Banana bread, cherimoya and passion fruit take the intensity up a notch as the wine opens. The breadth is noble and the persistence is bewitching. This is made with purchased fruit from the Chassagne side.

Six barrels. This was slow to ferment and is still not clear after racking. A huge volume of pure white fruit with a slightly honeyed not as well, and a limestone backbone that drives the second half of the wine. Opulent in one sense yet managed, while the length and concentration of the finish is fully Montrachet worthy. Come back in many years. Lime as well as limestone, lingering in the mouth. Drink from 2032-2040. Tasted Oct 2024.

Note: made from purchased must sourced from Domaine Thénard, whose vines are on the Chassagne side. Enough wood to remark upon surrounds the cool and airy white orchard fruit aromas that are liberally laced with spice, zest and floral nuances. The sleek, intense and impressively scaled flavors brim with sappy dry extract that seems to have no effect on the precision of the wonderfully long, bone-dry, superbly long and well-balanced finale that is also supported by citrus-tinged acidity. This is not a massive Montrachet but it's beautifully proportioned and a wine that should more than repay extended keeping. Moreover, it's the class of the cellar in 2023.*Burghound Don't Miss!*