Vougeraie, Bienvenue Batard Montrachet Vintage:2021 This is one of the

This is one of the few 2008s I would buy to cellar

This firm effort is presently quite compact and a wine that is going to need at least some bottle aging to further flesh out

This is made up of 78% Cabernet from Agrelo and Uco

There is really lovely vibrancy to the admirably pure medium weight flavors that exude energy as well as a fine minerality on the focused and long but slightly flat finish

The oak is nicely integrated here

Vougeraie, Bienvenue Batard Montrachet Vintage:2021 This is one of the(from a . 46 ha holding). Pretty notes of honeysuckle and a mix of citrus and white orchard fruit, especially pear, are trimmed in just enough wood to notice. The citrus character continues onto the rich, concentrated and almost painfully intense medium weight flavors that conclude in a bone dry, lengthy and beautifully balanced finale. This is also quite tightly coiled and a wine that will need all of a decade to reach its peak.