Jacques Prieur, Chevalier Montrachet Blanc Size:6x750ml unwinding in the glass with

unwinding in the glass with a youthfully reticent bouquet of dried flowers and delicate hints of red berries and gingerbread

with kirsch and freshly crushed plum aromas and flavors backed by tangy iron and garrigue notes

(from a tiny parcel of only

with tons of pure texture from the 28% still Pinot in the blend

This isn’t a great example of the appellation but it is not without appeal

Jacques Prieur, Chevalier Montrachet Blanc Size:6x750ml unwinding in the glass with(from a . 14 ha parcel). Here the nose is firmly reduced and unreadable though the underlying fruit does seem ripe. More interesting are the super sleek and intense larger scaled flavors that are admirably concentrated and quite powerful if perhaps a bit less mineral driven than usual on the sappy, complex and sneaky long finish.