Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet

With an area of just 3.68ha, Bienvenues is in fact the second smallest Grand Cru in Burgundy. The vineyard enjoys an ideal south-easterly aspect which encourages optimum ripening of the Chardonnay grapes. This, combined with the vineyard’s thin, rocky clay-limestone soil – very similar to that of Le Montrachet but just a little heavier – produces rich, powerful Chardonnays which yet retain good acidity and express a fine minerality. The best of them can mature well for two decades or more.