Sappy minerals, spices, and poached pears explode from the glass of the 2002 Batard-Montrachet. A magnificent wine of breadth, power, and depth, it is pure, refined, and sports a muscle-bound core of gravel-laced pears. This superb wine is medium to full-bodied, velvety-textured, and splendidly balanced. Projected maturity: 2006-2015. Importer: Vineyard Brands, Birmingham, AL; tel. (205) 980-8802