Vougeraie, Bienvenue Batard Montrachet Vintage:2021 This is one of the

This is one of the few 2008s I would buy to cellar

The oak is nicely integrated here

There is excellent richness to the opulent yet relatively refined big-bodied flavors that exhibit a subtle minerality on the powerful

20% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

There is really lovely vibrancy to the admirably pure medium weight flavors that exude energy as well as a fine minerality on the focused and long but slightly flat finish

Vougeraie, Bienvenue Batard Montrachet Vintage:2021 This is one of the(from a . 46 ha holding). Pretty notes of honeysuckle and a mix of citrus and white orchard fruit, especially pear, are trimmed in just enough wood to notice. The citrus character continues onto the rich, concentrated and almost painfully intense medium weight flavors that conclude in a bone dry, lengthy and beautifully balanced finale. This is also quite tightly coiled and a wine that will need all of a decade to reach its peak.