Wafting from the glass with a ripe bouquet of sun-kissed peaches, honeyed yellow orchard fruit, mandarin orange and oatmeal, the 2006 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru is full-bodied, broad and unctuous, with a rich, satiny-textured attack, a fleshy mid-palate and a long, heady finish. Stylistically, this is the polar opposite of the 2004 Chevalier, reflecting the warm, sunny vintage. This dates from the period where Anne-Claude Leflaive was keen to pick the grapes according to the biodynamic calendar, but Brice de La Morandière believes that the Chevalier was brought in before the thunderstorms that arrived mid-harvest. (William Kelley, The Wine Adovate 1st Aug 2019, 93 Pts)
