Wine Etienne Sauzet, Batard-Montrachet AOC Grand Cru, 2007
Tasting Notes
Wine golden straw color.
The wine has a bold, rounded fruit flavor with a very good depth and a little exotic character. Moderate acidity, sufficient to maintain the tone of fruit. Long, fresh and powerful ending.
The wine has a deep, less flowery, but more exotic flavor, which is dominated by youth in the notes of spices, vanilla and oak.
The wine goes well with fish dishes, seafood risotto.
Interesting Facts
Etienne Sauzet (Etienne Sauzee) is today one of the most famous farms Puligny, manages Gerard Budo (Boudot), highly respected in the community winemaker, who is also the husband of the granddaughter of the founder of the house of Etienne Soze. Gerard Budo - a favorite of the world's press, he even communal wine Puligny doing so luxurious that they were little that can compare, not to mention the Montrachet, Chevalier-Montrachet and Batard-Montrachet, which in his performance have always been at the top of the rankings. Today, the economy is in the possession of 8 hectares of vineyards, but Budo for example Lefleva, started buying grapes from those of its neighbors, who owns the best plots in the top cru Puligny. In this case, those and other wines are vinified and aged under one roof in a small family home on the outskirts of Puligny-Montrachet. Vineyard in the battery-Montrachet was purchased by its present owners before the war. The area with vines chardonnay is 0.14 hectares. The average age of the vines: 44 years. According to legend, the owner of one of the farms in the commune of Puligny Montrachet Senor de divided it among his sons, one of whom was born out of wedlock (fr. - Batard), hence the name of this grand cru.
Domain Etienne Sauzee among the top wine producers in Burgundy. All wines Etienne Sauzee have pure fruit flavors, excellent length and fine shades of oak. Wines Etienne Sauzet, usually require some excerpts to unleash your true potential.
