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  • Country ranking ?

    854
  • Producer ranking ?

    145
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Salmon with a mild butter sauce

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The Story

The Montrachet family consists of grand five Grands Crus grown in the two villages of Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet. These two share the Montrachet and Bâtard-Montrachet appellations. Chevalier and Bienvenues belong to Puligny, Criots belongs to Chassagne. These Grands Crus are the most southerly of the Côte-d'Or, and lie between Meursault in the north and Santenay in the south. Their origins go back to the Middle Ages - the work...

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Wine Information

2000 Harvest

It is once again a year with "ups and downs" and difficult climatic conditions, even abnormal sometimes, that the vignerons and their vineyards had to face :

- A mild end of winter ; a beautiful and early bunch setting.
- A summery June, very like August, resulting in a rapid and complete flowering, without coulure. The harvest promised to be large, especially in the younger vines (the old vines - which represent the great...

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Vintage 2000

The 2000 vintage in Burgundy, France, is generally considered a very good to excellent vintage for both red and white wines. It was a year marked by favorable weather conditions, which allowed grapes to ripen well and produced wines with good structure and aging potential. Here are some key characteristics of the Burgundy wine vintage 2000:

  1. Quality: The 2000 vintage is highly regarded in Burgundy and is often praised for its overall q...

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Tasting note

color

Yellow and Bright

ending

Long, Round and Flat

flavors

New-oak, Citrus, Tropical fruits and White fruits

nose

Youthful, Complex and Refined

taste

Average in Acidity, High alcohol content, Complex, Youthful, Medium-bodied, Round, Rich, Perfumed and Dry

Verdict

Exotic and Well-rounded

Written Notes

The 2000 DRC Montrachet had that sexy rainwater nose. It was full of clay and wet waterfalls along with creamy, sexy acidity. There was great caramel on the palate, and I was finally wowed after three whites where I wanted more (96).

  • 96p

The 2000 Montrachet is another wine that is hugely inviting today because of its soft contours and open-knit personality. Orchard fruit, lemon oil, white flowers and a host of bright flavors give the 2000 an attractive sense of lift, but it is the wine's gentle, approachable style that makes the biggest impression in this tasting, where so many wines are much more intense. Caressing and feminine, the 2000 should drink well for at least a handful of years, although it does not appear to have the pedigree of the very best surrounding vintages. The fruit was brought in on September 25, after all the Pinots had been harvested.

  • 95p

"Medium gold. Superripe aromas of orchard fruits, honey, butterscotch, clove and smoke. Thick, superripe and sweet; really explosive and sensuous in the mouth. Extremely rich and voluptuous for this cuvee, and amazingly easy to taste today. Very long on the finish. Not an intellectual style."

  • 92p

The Domaine de la Romanee-Conti’s policy of late harvests for their Montrachet leads to forward, expressive wines with boisterously flavorful personalities. The spice box-scented 2000 Montrachet is a huge, medium-bodied, luscious wine. Buttered, super-ripe apples, poached pears, honeyed minerals, and countless spices can be discerned in its extravagant personality. Rich, deep, and dense, it is the sexiest, most seductive Montrachet I’ve encountered. Projected maturity: now-2010." (06/03) 92 points Stephen Tanzer: "Medium gold. Superripe aromas of orchard fruits, honey, butterscotch, clove and smoke. Thick, superripe and sweet; really explosive and sensuous in the mouth. Extremely rich and voluptuous for this cuvee, and amazingly easy to taste today. Very long on the finish. Not an intellectual style." (03/03) 92 points Allen Meadows' Burghound: "Extremely ripe nose of wonderfully seductive aromas, including pain grille , white flowers, pear, apple, peach and apricot notes all framed by obvious botrytis notes and a deft touch of wood which introduce incredibly rich, huge, thick and exotic flavors. This is heady stuff with a truly powerful, muscular and commanding flavor profile though it can't quite match either the '99 or the '96 in this regard. Impressive and harmonious in every respect and should prove to be quite long-lived.

  • 95p
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Information

Origin

Vosne-Romanée, Burgundy

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Good

Fake factory

None

Glass time

2h

Drinking temperature

11

Other wines from this producer

Bâtard-Montrachet

Corton-Charlemagne

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La Romanée-Conti Grand Cru

La Tâche

Les Gaudichots

Marc

Richebourg

Romanée Conti

Romanee Saint Vivant

Vosne Romanée

Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Cuvée Duvault Blochet

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