Caroline Morey - Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet 2021 (750ml)

Burghound 92-95 points
"This is also ripe but not exotic with a mix of white and yellow orchard fruit, jasmine tea and a floral whiff. The highly seductive and concentrated larger-bodied flavors are borderline opulent but the firm and bright citrus-tinged acid spine keeps the focus on the powerful and impressively persistent finale. This is potentially outstanding and a wine that should amply repay a decade plus of cellaring."
Vinous 93-95 points
"The 2021 Crîots-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru, which is en fermage, has a compelling mineral-rich bouquet that blossoms in the glass. Hints of wet clay loiter in the background. The palate is well balanced with fine definition, lightly spiced with a cohesive and quite sappy, a bit spiced finish with a tang of ginger on the aftertaste. Just two barrels produced."
Jasper Morris 93-95 points
"Protected and pruned late, so a reasonable result here, enough to make two barrels, of which one new. I am spending time on the nose, watching it come out. This is a very nuanced wine, not massive but with detail and a certain tensile strength that lets little wavelets of flavour keep pushing through. Oak at the back but marries well with the fruit."