Domaine Leflaive Domaine Leflaive Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet, France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
92
/100
Reviews
10
professional
Vintages
1
2009
Other
92/100
Chardonnay
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Community Reviews
1818
Reviews
92.3
Avg Score
95
Highest
Taster #9497
· Mar 21, 2023
95/100
@ Sixty Three Clinton NYC. Perfect bottle condition. Paler than I expected given the age. What will stick with me is the insane length of finish - 90 seconds plus. At first white steely and Chevalier-like, the honeysuckle florals came through with some oxygen and warming up towards room temperature, eventually revealing the characteristic beeswax honeyed fatty Batard innards. This was a really intellectual bottle - a privilege to experience.
2009 vintage
Taster #9875
· Jul 11, 2020
92/100
02823. Buttery, honey wax nose. Palate is full of acid but thin. 92
2009 vintage
Taster #5269
· Jul 12, 2019
Unfortunately, this bottle of Leflaive Bienvenue Batard Montrachet 2009 from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s cellar is premixed. Still drinkable but clearly maturing faster than it should and showing chatacteristics of late 90s white Burgundy. Ripe orchard fruits, glossy lemon extract, maturing dialdehyde and hints of mushroom. Good weight with high alcohol on the finish. A shame as the last bottle I had last year was fresh and delicious. (88/100)
2009 vintage
Taster #7254
· May 24, 2019
93/100
Peaches, apricot, lemon, hints of lily and anise; smooth, extremely rich and succulent, showing some age and development, long gliding seamless finish; excellent but not profound
2009 vintage
Taster #2107
· Mar 29, 2019
Clos Vougeot Lunch (Paradise Valley, AZ USA) : Served blind. Crisp, young, full and round in the mouth but not much length. Perhaps holding in reserve. In the end, the two Meursault 1er's were more memorable today.
2009 vintage
Taster #5063
· Nov 1, 2018
Completely oxidized!!!
2009 vintage
Taster #7178
· May 23, 2018
Tasted the Bienvenue, the Batard and the Chevalier in 2009. All three were ready to go from the start with forward, plush noses. The progression was almost linear. The Beinvenue was the most elegant and restrained with very good acidity. The nose was clean. The Batard had more fatness but also added an extra dimension on the nose, i.e. depth. The Chevalier combined the acidity and elegance from Bienvenue and the body and complexity from the Batard. Very interesting, albeit …
2009 vintage
Taster #5419
· Feb 18, 2018
91/100
Melted butter , soft mature apple , a bit like old apple , not as a bad thing. Big wine and not oxidized - thank god. Not as good as the Batard-Montrachet from the same year.
2009 vintage
Taster #5431
· Oct 20, 2017
Musigny theme'd dinner at Summer Pavilion. TBU
2009 vintage
Taster #5607
· Oct 20, 2017
Theme: Musigny Grand Cru Light - med yellow. Lifted Pepper, cold spices aromas with lemon peel and mineral. A bit bitter, solid minerality, very rich, good depth, powerful but still showing some finesse. Getting riper but still balance without being overripe.
2009 vintage
Taster #6059
· Dec 15, 2016
Beat your 2016 WOTY Dinner : Unfortunately has gone too far down the premox path.
2009 vintage
Taster #3809
· Sep 26, 2016
90/100
PRANZO DA VINOGODI : Un filo più sapido e slanciato rispetto al Ramonet, ma il calore, l' alcool e l' amaro di fondo non fanno che confermare l' annata da dimenticare per i bianchi.
2009 vintage
Taster #2693
· Sep 9, 2016
93/100
Young, but great clarity and focus. Bright yellow citrus fruits, good tension, and a firm mineral backbone. Lots here to like.
2009 vintage
Taster #8807
· May 14, 2016
92/100
Tasted at a dinner @Maaemo. (Note: think my notes are prehaps rather tainted by an overoaked Dauvissat next before this.) Had this 10 months ago at same restaurant, but with only limited decant. This time it had a good decant before arrival, and upon checkin in we decided to pour back in bottle and keep chilled. Much more smooth this time, still distinct oak notes. Not so strong backbone tis time, tough much of the notes of chalk, yellow fruits …
2009 vintage
Taster #4565
· Nov 27, 2015
90/100
Copenhagen November 2015 Sorry ... . I really is ... . with all the respect and all what Anne Claude have done for Burgundy and Biodynamic wines this wine and is not grand cru level in 2009, it is for sure a good white but for me it is lacking structure, mid palate, and aftertaste to be a Grand Cru, simply to easier going, despite the vintage it should show better ... .. it have a sweet butter popcorn nose …
2009 vintage
Taster #8807
· Jul 16, 2015
94/100
Only a quick decant before pouring the first glass, the wine was a bit tight on the nose but more expressive and rich in the mouth. Chalk, yellow fruits, minerals, vax and some wood. Fresh acidity. Great balance of power and finesse. Long finish with minerals. Lovely.
2009 vintage
Taster #3950
· May 21, 2013
93/100
This wine is young and tight, as you would expect, but is impressive until you remember how much it cost, and that makes one pause. It is oily, showing saturated ripeness but not blowzy at this point. It needs time but caution is advised as it is giving off signs that it will not last. (Le Bernadin)
2009 vintage
Taster #6708
· Oct 14, 2010
Expressive on the nose next to the Pucelles, notes of green melon, white peach and dried flowers. Shapely and rich in the mouth with everything underpinned by lively grapefruit acidity.
2009 vintage