Roche Bellene, Bienvenues Batard Montrachet other_regions The 1999 Rocche is rich

The 1999 Rocche is rich

Neither the 1995 nor 1996 performed as well as they had in the past

The palate is very well balanced with supple but firm tannins framing the pure blackberry and bilberry fruit

full-bodied and quite serious broad-shouldered flavors also possess first-rate mid-palate concentration along with evident minerality on the driving and powerful if less refined finish

fibrous finish

Roche Bellene, Bienvenues Batard Montrachet other_regions The 1999 Rocche is richRelatively firm reduction renders the nose impossible to read at present. By contrast, there is good fresh and reasonable verve to the supple, opulent and very rich larger scaled flavors that coat the palate with dry extract that helps to buffer the powerful and almost tannic finish. This has plenty of development potential though it is somewhat less refined than it typically is.