Leflaive Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru 2022

96-98 points/'5 Star Wine,' Jasper Morris, MW (Inside Burgundy): "Solid, weighty, a little more colour, less grace than the Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet up front, yet with more muscles. That’s Bâtard for you. The nose goes into its shell a bit now. There is an enormous volume of bulky white fruit, even with some tannins. Density of another order here. A little crystalline acidity emerges at the finish. Drink from 2030-2040. Tasted Apr 2024."

97 points Bruce Sanderson (Wine Spectator): "A focused, intense white, exhibiting preserved lemon, peach, apple, butter and pastry aromas and flavors. Turns more linear and racy while evolving to the long, resonant, flinty aftertaste. Though balanced, this will benefit from an additional year or two of aging. Best from 2027 through 2038. 100 cases imported. (5/7/25)"

96 points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "The 2022 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is more muscular than the Bienvenues, exhibiting notes of sweet orchard fruit and peach mingled with clear honey, toasted nuts and flowers. Full-bodied, satiny and textural, with good depth and grip, it's more layered and powerful. Drink: 2027-2050. (1/30/25)"

96 points Charles Curtis, MW (Decanter): "Ripe, buttery fruit aromas touched with hints of spice, cream and acacia blossoms make a showy first impression. It carries through on the palate with admirable richness and depth of flavour, to a long, complex finish. Yet it's the wine’s finesse and elegance that makes it genuinely outstanding. The domaine farms four parcels in Bâtard, most of it on the Puligny side, including some very old vines that give the wine its characteristic structure and depth. Drinking Window: 2027-2055. (5/23/24)"

96 points/'Outstanding,' Steen Öhman (Winehog): "Batard-Montrachet is the vineyard of the vintage. The Batards are so refined and delicate, and they offer so much hedonistic joy. For a Batard, this is enormously refined and airy, offering an effortless expression of fruit and terroir. I adore this wine, and to me it’s just a notch up from the Bienvenue. Drink from 2037. (5/23/24)"

94-96 points/'Don't miss!' Allen Meadows (Burghound): "(from 3 different parcels, two on the Chassagne side and the third in the Puligny sector that is near the border dividing the two communes). A vaguely exotic quality is present on the nose of Asian-style spiced jasmine tea, orange peel, carnation, acacia, lilac and all but invisible oak. The middleweight flavors are not quite as concentrated as those of the Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet but they manage to display equally good power and drive while exhibiting superb length and impeccably good balance. This is an elegant Bâtard that is distinctly different texturally than its stablemate. Drink 2034+. (Jun 2024)"

95 points Neal Martin (Vinous): "The 2022 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru has a very refined bouquet, beautifully delineated, with a little more intensity than the Bienvenue. A touch of wild mint comes through with aeration. The palate has a twist of bitter lemon and is pretty saline on the mid-palate, though maybe the Bienvenue possesses a touch more finesse? It has a lovely texture (again) with a long, peppery aftertaste. Excellent. Drink: 2029-2052. (Jul 2024)"

Bill Nanson (Burgundy Report): "A more floral width to this aroma, complex but not the orange citrus of the previous wines. More generous in the mouth, more textural, depth, depth and depth to this flavour. Another level of finishing clarity and longer but more subtly longer. (8/16/24)"