comparing it to the 2017 it does not quite have the same tension and mineralité

serious and restrained medium weight flavors that possess a silky mid-palate yet an explosively long

Light in style

but that leanness is just part of the 2012 vintage

Domaine Leflaive, Batard Montrachet other_regions comparing it to the 2017(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). Mild reduction knocks down the nose but it seems reasonably clear that the underlying fruit is ripe. What immediately impresses about the broad shouldered flavors is how fine they are which is not always the case with the typical Btard. This refinement only adds to the seductive palate feel of the extremely rich