Hudelot Baillet, Bonnes Mares Vintage:2011 lemon and lime notes open

lemon and lime notes open to a refreshing

intense and strikingly persistent if linear finale where a hint of youthful austerity appears

macadamia nut and hints of biscuity complexity to come

the lowest score any of these lots received was 94-96 (Les Beaumes)

Hudelot Baillet, Bonnes Mares Vintage:2011 lemon and lime notes open(from a . 123 ha parcel of 80+ year old vines situated mostly in terres blanches; about 600 bottles are produced each year). This is the only wine in the range to exhibit any reduction and here its enough to dominate the fruit. There is excellent punch, power, size and weight to the big bodied and muscular flavors that terminate in a balanced and impressively long finale that could again use better depth.