Roche Bellene, Bienvenues Batard Montrachet Vintage:2019 Sweet fruit and leather accents

Sweet fruit and leather accents return on the finish

racy acids and an envelopingly pillowy mousse

Silky in texture and lively on the palate

red currant and dark berries

The seductively textured big-bodied flavors coat the palate with sappy dry extract that does a fine job of buffering the firm tannic spine shaping the lush

Roche Bellene, Bienvenues Batard Montrachet Vintage:2019 Sweet fruit and leather accentsRelatively firm reduction renders the nose impossible to read at present. By contrast, there is good fresh and reasonable verve to the supple, opulent and very rich larger scaled flavors that coat the palate with dry extract that helps to buffer the powerful and almost tannic finish. This has plenty of development potential though it is somewhat less refined than it typically is.