Category: | White Wines |
Sub-Category: | White Wines |
Producer: | Fontaine Gagnard |
Label Name: | Batard Montrachet Grand Cru |
Vintage: | 2016 |
Country: | France |
Region: | Chassagne-Montrachet, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy. |
Volume: | 750ml |
ABV: | 13.5% |
Grape(s): | Chardonnay |
Acidity: | 4 |
Sweetness: | 1 |
Body: | 5 |
Length: | 5 |
Aroma Intensity: | 4 |
Best Temperature: | 12-14°C |
Awards/Ratings
Wine Advocate (NM) 93; John Gilman 95; recommended drinking window ~2023–2050
Tasting Note
Pronounced citrus, apple and pear with aniseed and tangerine; rich, powerful palate of orange zest, quince and yuzu, mineral core and vanilla oak; full-bodied and very long.
Food Pairing
Lobster with beurre monte, scallops, creamy poultry dishes, roast pork/pork belly, foie gras; Asian: miso-glazed black cod, seared tuna (sushi/sashimi), tempura, steamed dumplings with ginger-scallion.
Production Method
Hand-harvested Chardonnay, native-yeast fermentation and élevage ~12 months in French oak (low–medium new oak); traditional Burgundian vinification.
Vineyard Info
Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard founded in 1985 by Laurence Gagnard and Richard Fontaine; run by Céline Fontaine; ~12 hectares in Chassagne-Montrachet including holdings in Bâtard-Montrachet and Le Montrachet.