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Bâtard-Montrachet--Vintage 1996 Côte de Beaune, Niellon The 1996 Bâtard-Montrachet is produced from 49-year-old vines. This benchmark setting wine has such deep richness on the nose, it almost instills awe in both the taster's heart and palate. Superripe fruits, white flowers, mulling spices, and sweet toast soar from the glass. A massive wine, this powerful, broad-shouldered, expansive, and mouth coating monster managed to retain extraordinary elegance and delineation-a rare combination to achieve. Full bodied, it offers layers of hazelnuts, roasted peaches, liquid minerals, and candied pears as well as a seemingly unending finish. It is a grand-slam home run!" Pierre-Antoine Rovani, Robert Parker Wine Buyer's Guide, Fifth Edition 1 dozen bottles per lot