Bouchard's 1992 Le Montrachet is the finest wine the Bouchards have produced from this vineyard in over twenty years. They crop-thinned to keep yields down and the result is a superb, rich, full-bodied, intense wine displaying an undercurrent of minerals and flint. There is magnificent richness to the wine's fruit, a voluptuous texture, decent acidity, and a blockbuster finish. Drink it between 1996-2010.
The Bouchards have made significant changes in their white winemaking philosophy. Since 1989 the white wines have been put through malolactic and vinified in barrels, of which 15% are new. More extensive lees contact, lower vineyard yields, and less traumatic clarification and filtration techniques, have resulted in the best group of white wines Bouchard has produced in over two decades.
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