2024 Domaine Michel Niellon, Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru 1x75cl

Neal Martin 91

The 2024 Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru comes from a single plot, a "baby wine" according to Coutoux, since it is the second vintage from five-year-old vines after the parcel was replanted. This takes time to unfold on the nose, perhaps not quite mustering the mineralite that you find elsewhere due to the youth of the vines. Yet it is well defined and the oak is well integrated. The palate is fresh and vibrant on the entry, a little chalky in texture, a keen thread of acidity that lends edginess with a twist of sour lemon on the finish. Fine, but there will be better to come once the vines mature. [Neal Martin, 01/01/2026]

Anticipated maturity: 2028-2044