Batard Montrachet 2020 - E. Sauzet (coffret, magnum, 1.5 l)

Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru 2020 — Domaine Étienne Sauzet

This Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru 2020 from Domaine Étienne Sauzet, offered here in a gift case magnum 1.5 L, embodies one of the most majestic, profound and sought-after expressions of Burgundian Chardonnay. A mythical Grand Cru of the Côte de Beaune, situated between Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet, Bâtard-Montrachet gives wines of exceptional breadth, combining power, density, mineral precision and aromatic nobility: preserved lemon, ripe pear, white peach, white flowers, fresh almond, hazelnut, fine butter, brioche, warm stone, chalk, sweet spices and a long saline finish.

Domaine Étienne Sauzet is one of the major references of Puligny-Montrachet, renowned for white wines of great purity, remarkable precision and exceptional ageing capacity. Bâtard-Montrachet offers here a broader, deeper and more structured interpretation than the more slender Puligny crus, while preserving the tension and elegance that define the Sauzet style. The 2020 vintage brings ripeness, concentration, freshness and aromatic brilliance, while the magnum format encourages slow, harmonious and particularly noble evolution.

Terroir: Bâtard-Montrachet, mineral power and Chardonnay grandeur

The Bâtard-Montrachet climat is among the greatest Chardonnay terroirs in the world. Located on the Côte de Beaune, between Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet, it rests on deep clay-limestone soils, marl and stony elements that give the wines imposing structure, dense substance and persistent minerality.

At Domaine Étienne Sauzet, Bâtard-Montrachet translates into a wine of great breadth, yet always held by tension, precision and elegance. The terroir brings depth, volume, length and a remarkable saline finish. In 2020, the ripeness of the vintage reinforces fruit intensity and richness of texture, while preserved freshness maintains balance, energy and clarity of the Grand Cru.

Tasting notes

Appearance: pale gold with brilliant reflections, luminous, dense and still very youthful. In magnum, evolution should remain slower, allowing the wine to preserve brightness, visual freshness and aromatic tension for a long time.

Nose: deep, pure and already highly expressive, with preserved lemon, citrus zest, ripe pear, white peach, yellow apple, white flowers, fresh almond, hazelnut, fine butter and discreet brioche. With aeration and evolution, nuances of fine honey, sweet spices, warm stone, chalk, oyster shell, light vanilla, noble smoke and white truffle may appear.

Palate: broad, dense, satiny and perfectly structured, with generous substance carried by precise freshness. Flavours of preserved lemon, pear, white peach, yellow apple, almond, hazelnut, fine butter, sweet spices and warm stone unfold with depth, supported by a firm and saline mineral frame. The finish is very long, chalky, lightly iodised and persistent, with an impression of controlled power, nobility and great Burgundian precision.

Expression of the 2020 vintage

The 2020 vintage in Burgundy produced white wines remarkable for their intensity, ripeness and preserved freshness. In the great terroirs of the Côte de Beaune, this year combines substance, aromatic precision, mineral tension and very strong ageing capacity. In Bâtard-Montrachet, the 2020 offers a particularly impressive combination of volume, concentration and balance.

Today, this Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru 2020 in gift case magnum remains very young and has immense ageing potential. It can already impress through its density, brilliance and precision after measured aeration, but will gain complexity with time: hazelnut, fine honey, white truffle, noble butter, melted spices, smoke, warm stone and iodised nuances should gradually join the purity of white fruit and citrus.