anise and smoky minerals on the deeply scented now

balanced and solidly persistent finish

the wine holds its own as one of the most beautiful in the entire appellation and one of the best in the somewhat lackluster vintage

Drink now through 2003

(this limited two barrel cuvée is crafted from 70+ year old vines that abut the Musigny climat which is also called La Combe d'Orveau and is a monopole of Domaine Jacques Prieur)

Caroline Morey, Criots Batard Montrachet Vintage:2018 anise and smoky minerals on(from a parcel of ~. 13 ha). Relatively strong sulfur influence buries everything but a whiff of the exotic. Otherwise the large scaled flavors are rich to the point of opulence thanks to the abundance of sappy dry extract that also buffers the notably firm acid spine shaping the citrus zest inflected finish. This isnt necessarily more complex than the Caillerets so much as it has even better underlying material that should ultimately make for the