97 points Christy Canterbury, MW (TimAtkin.com): "Bouchard has parcels on the four terraces and 2.33 hectares total of this Grand Cru cuvée. Frédéric Barnier says that the first offers high-toned Riesling aromatics, the second is the aromatic core of the cuvée, the third is tiny in size and the fourth delivers structure. The bouquet races out of the glass with wild flowers, soft-stemmed herbs, peak-season peach pits, cracked white pepper and more. The structure is chiselled with pulsating acidity whipping up the light extract on the medium body. With finesse and minerality in spades, this is a truly entrancing Chevalier. 2025-40. (2022)"
94-97 points Jasper Morris, MW (Inside Burgundy): "A blend from the four terrasses. This has a beautiful nose, all the class with a certain extra opulence. But it is lifted, ethereal up front, a little more opulent behind with yellow plums and a light banana touch. The 2020 Chevalier-Montrachet from Bouchard certainly comes across as riper than some but still extremely pleasing. (Nov 2021)"
96 points Charles Curtis, MW (Decanter): "This is truly a classic of the house, which owns a total of 2.3ha spread over all four terraces of Chevalier. Each parcel is vinified individually to produce this magnificent wine that shows lemon peel and mineral notes on the initial attack, but continues to open up aromatically on the nose and on the palate, revealing rich flavours of marzipan, butter and beeswax. This is richer than the producer's Corton-Charlemagne, and lingers delightfully on the very impressive finish. Superb wine, not to be missed. Drinking Window: 2025-2060. (Nov 2021)"
94-96 points Neal Martin (Vinous): "The 2020 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru offers vivid scents: pine nuts, hazelnut, a touch of lanolin and plenty of citrus fruit that burst from the glass. The palate is very well balanced with fine poised, quite bright and energetic with a judicous touch of spice towards the finish. This is very promising. Drink: 2025-2045. (Dec 2021)"
93-95+ points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "The 2020 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru opens in the glass with notes of citrus oil, musky peach, tangerine, nutmeg and buttered popcorn. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and incisive, it's chiseled and penetrating, with a tightly wound core of fruit and a racy spine of acidity. As readers will remember, this bottling hails from the three terraces on the hillside above Bouchard's La Cabotte, their bottling from the latter—which abuts Montrachet itself—being more muscular and powerful, whereas this cuvée is finer-boned and more ethereal. (Jan 2022)"
Bill Nanson (Burgundy Report): "(Assembly of the 4 terraces. , the Cabotte just racked and sulfured so not shown). A direct nose, pure agrume, apparently silky too. Where the Charlemagne was about width, this is a more direct wine with cool-fruit style. More open and complex in the finish – really complex. A wine that’s much more open than the Charlemagne today – and as a minimum, excellent! (Dec 2021)"
94-97 points Jasper Morris, MW (Inside Burgundy): "A blend from the four terrasses. This has a beautiful nose, all the class with a certain extra opulence. But it is lifted, ethereal up front, a little more opulent behind with yellow plums and a light banana touch. The 2020 Chevalier-Montrachet from Bouchard certainly comes across as riper than some but still extremely pleasing. (Nov 2021)"
96 points Charles Curtis, MW (Decanter): "This is truly a classic of the house, which owns a total of 2.3ha spread over all four terraces of Chevalier. Each parcel is vinified individually to produce this magnificent wine that shows lemon peel and mineral notes on the initial attack, but continues to open up aromatically on the nose and on the palate, revealing rich flavours of marzipan, butter and beeswax. This is richer than the producer's Corton-Charlemagne, and lingers delightfully on the very impressive finish. Superb wine, not to be missed. Drinking Window: 2025-2060. (Nov 2021)"
94-96 points Neal Martin (Vinous): "The 2020 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru offers vivid scents: pine nuts, hazelnut, a touch of lanolin and plenty of citrus fruit that burst from the glass. The palate is very well balanced with fine poised, quite bright and energetic with a judicous touch of spice towards the finish. This is very promising. Drink: 2025-2045. (Dec 2021)"
93-95+ points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "The 2020 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru opens in the glass with notes of citrus oil, musky peach, tangerine, nutmeg and buttered popcorn. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and incisive, it's chiseled and penetrating, with a tightly wound core of fruit and a racy spine of acidity. As readers will remember, this bottling hails from the three terraces on the hillside above Bouchard's La Cabotte, their bottling from the latter—which abuts Montrachet itself—being more muscular and powerful, whereas this cuvée is finer-boned and more ethereal. (Jan 2022)"
Bill Nanson (Burgundy Report): "(Assembly of the 4 terraces. , the Cabotte just racked and sulfured so not shown). A direct nose, pure agrume, apparently silky too. Where the Charlemagne was about width, this is a more direct wine with cool-fruit style. More open and complex in the finish – really complex. A wine that’s much more open than the Charlemagne today – and as a minimum, excellent! (Dec 2021)"
| Product SKU | 342273 |
| Producer | Bouchard |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| SubRegion | Côte de Nuits |
| Appellation | Gevrey-Chambertin |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Designation | Grand Cru |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | White |
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