2023 | Etienne Sauzet Montrachet Grand Cru | Cote de Beaune Skouras Complex and sophisticated white

Complex and sophisticated white

indeed architectural

raspberry and hints of chamomile and almond

not too expressive perhaps

in a way that playfully calls those very categories into question

2023 | Etienne Sauzet Montrachet Grand Cru | Cote de Beaune Skouras Complex and sophisticated whiteBenot says he waits at least ten years before touching his Montrachetcurrently drinking his 2010. He feels the wine is too "moody" when young, but it becomes unbeatable with age. This is super charged with intense, pure orchard fruit flavors showing highlights of positive reduction and smouldering firepit. Banana bread, cherimoya and passion fruit take the intensity up a notch as the wine opens. The breadth is noble and the persistence is bewitching.