Vincent Girardin Batard Montrachet 2015 Bottle:12 SIGNATURE COCKTAIL: TIA ESPRESSO MARTINI

SIGNATURE COCKTAIL: TIA ESPRESSO MARTINI 1 part Tia Maria 1 part Espresso 1 part Vodka 1/2 part Simple Syrup Shake and strain in a martini glass

CUSTODY : This very fine wine always requires 2 to 3 years’ ageing before opening and has the potential to age between 10 to 15 years

with delicate greenish highlights

Reviewed by: Jeffery Lindenmuth (Fall 2018)

Vincent Girardin Batard Montrachet 2015 Bottle:12 SIGNATURE COCKTAIL: TIA ESPRESSO MARTINIPale, bright yellow. Very ripe scents of yellow peach, musky hazelnut and vanillin oak. Dense, opulent and seamless but tighter in the early going than the Bienvenues Batard, with its powerful stone fruit flavors framed by sound acidity. No easy sweetness here; in fact, this wine is almost painful. Most impressive today on the unflagging back end, which shows a slight phenolic quality as well as terrific lift and citrussy cut, with the note of