Michel Niellon, Chevalier Montrachet Blanc Vintage:2014 One of my favorite wines

One of my favorite wines

intense and firm full-bodied

pure and wonderfully elegant nose displays notes of airy red and black pinot fruit

kirsch and thyme-scented perfume

As good as the prior grands crus are

Michel Niellon, Chevalier Montrachet Blanc Vintage:2014 One of my favorite wines(from a . 23 ha parcel of vines planted in 62 and 68). This too was quite heavily reduced and again I strongly recommend allowing this 30 minutes or so in a decanter first if youre going to crack a bottle young. The powerful and impressively concentrated broad shouldered flavors brim with both sappy dry extract as well as plenty of minerality that suffuses the wonderfully complex and persistent finish. I wouldnt describe this as a typical Niellon