Montrachet 2020 Bouchard Pere & Fils

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (96)

The compelling 2020 Montrachet Grand Cru wafts from the glass with aromas of ripe pear and citrus fruit mingled with honeycomb, white flowers, fresh bread and baking spices. Full-bodied, ample and multidimensional, it's richly layered, with a textural attack that segues into an ample, fleshy mid-palate and a long, saline finish. Despite its scale, it remains beautifully precise. This is first rate.

James Suckling (98)

Very impressive nose of Amalfi lemon, bergamot, tarte a l'orange and wild herbs. Very ripe and rich, but with a massive structure beneath all the richness. Built on a huge scale, but with excellent freshness. So much chalky power, and this makes it feel like a huge wave is pouring over you. So precisely balanced, with great minerality at the bold finish. From an 0.89-hectare plot. From organically grown grapes.

Jasper Morris (97)

A pale lemon yellow with a faint lime streak. Very poised concentrated white fruit. Superb tension. So much more to this than any in the previous flights of hyphen-Montrachet Grands Crus. The fruit and oak are entirely integrated with a perfumed sandalwood aspect from the latter which enhances rather than competes. A little crème pâtissière. Joyous.