Tasting Notes
Vinous – 96
Very pale yellow. Superripe, multidimensional nose offers stone fruits, grilled bread, acacia flower, spices, iodine, oyster shell and chicken broth. At once thick and bright in the mouth, with great penetration and lightness of flavor. Large-scaled and creamy wine with outstanding breadth. The finish is youthfully imploded, in fact nearly brutal, but at the same time extremely long and rich. (I should note that winemaker Prost lined up these last four wines for me last November, following my tastings of Bouchard’s 2008 reds. They were not yet in bottle but were close to being finished wines. And they paired the same way as the finished wines did: the Corton-Charlemagne and "regular" Chevalier-Montrachet were utterly penetrating, taut and mineral-driven, while the Cabotte and Montrachet were sweeter, larger-scaled and a bit less forbidding.)
Robert Parker – 94
Tasted at John E. Fells Bouchard tasting in London. Stony and gravelly on the tightly-wound nose, very precise but so damn taut, then hints of pine cone, coniferous trees coming through with aeration, dewy lawn and then a hint of vanilla. The palate is well balanced with a touch of passion fruit and lime on the entry, expanding across the palate with delicate tropical fruit: guava and a little pineapple. Long, sensuous and creamy on the finish. Excellent. Drink 2013-2030. Tasted January 2010.
Anticipated maturity: 2013-2030
