Sounds horrid - should be slightly honeyed, maybe with Cointreau (fermented blood orange) notes but a mile away from cloying, almonds, fresh hazel nuts, beautiful light oak, so integrated that you think the ripe hand sorted sun blushed chardonnay grape and terroir made the flavour.
Nah, this is not the style, or stages of brett coming on, or cork, or both. Some rarerified "hooray henry" styles are not up my street either.
Bang the cork back in the open one and take it and the others back to Avery's and politely say that the wine is not to your taste buds. They can try the open one, so put in the fridge till Tuesday.
Then, with the refund, swap for wines at Avery's that you like. They will be totally fine with that arrangement, and will refund for the 2/3rds open one. Consult them if you want to try another half decent white burgundy.....dont let it put you off. who knows thae might giive you something rather nice to restore your faith with them as quality purveyors and trad merchants.
Not this one, surely but at £23 for the '06 I'm affraid it has been hiked up, because others think it is drinking well !
Ba, I must say, that I will generally buy Auxey rouge in preference, and on ripe vintages the wines are charming burgundy and a little cheaper than the prestige whites. You need to do your homework at this price.
Dom Christophe Mary is a lovely pale Auxey rouge, but with lots of cote d'Or pinot body, sweet oak, mineral and sunny flavour from one so elegantly pale.
Ba, Maj do a good white burgundy list, as well as Fingal Rock. Some merchants have hiked the price by 25% since mid January 2009, even though they bought the stock when the Euro was nearler 70p. I've learnt that many wholesale burgundy prices generally move at the end of January each year.
For you, and at that money per bottle, I'm sorry bout this 
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at £20, not on your nelly. 