Bottled with technical corks, the 2020 Montagny offers up scents of crisp white peach, spring flowers, freshly baked bread and honeysuckle. Medium to full-bodied, lively and layered, it's unusually chiseled and concentrated this year, standing out as the ...
The 2020 Chablis 1er Cru Séchets received as long an élevage as Michel's grand cru bottlings in this vintage. Exhibiting aromas of crisp green orchard fruit, white flowers, wet stones and pastry cream, it's medium to full-bodied, with a deep, taut core, r...
Terroir: Les Sétilles is sourced from vineyards within the communes of Puligny Montrachet and Meursault, with each village representing roughly half of the final blend. Grapes are sourced from multiple plots within each village in an effort to maximize complexity of the final wine.
Vinification: Vintage consistency is the goal with this wine so the blending of lots and aging technique will vary according. Roughly 60% of the wine is aged in Allier oak, only 10% of which is new. The remaining 40% of the wine is aged in stainless steel to preserve clean varietal character.
A notably more citrus-inflected nose reflects notes of various white fleshed fruit and spice, especially anise. There is again excellent density to the caressing but almost painfully intense mineral-driven flavors that brim with minerality on the beautifu...
Moderate wood sets off smoky aromas of mostly white orchard fruit, citrus blossom and exotic tea. In contrast to many examples of Bâtard in the 2020 vintage that are broad-shouldered and extremely rich, here the palate impression is much like that of the...