2010 Domaine Paul Pernot Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru

(like the Bienvenue, this is carrying 14% alcohol, which Pernot says is a result of "the concentrating influence of some botrytis at the end of the harvest"): Pale straw-yellow. Very ripe peach, smoke, clove, menthol and noble herbs on the nose, plus an element of roasted nuts. Hugely rich and opulent if a bit youthfully aggressive, with very broad flavors of stone fruits and marzipan. Bigger than the Bienvenue but is it better? I was a bit concerned by an element of sweet nuts on the back end, which suggests that this wine will not make old bones.