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  • Country ranking ?

    1 022
  • Producer ranking ?

    183
  • Decanting time

    -
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Salads

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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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2003 Harvest

In Burgundy, it is not always true that exceptionally stressful climatic conditions can create wines of high quality. Yet, it is what happened in 2003 : despite very abnormal temperatures, this year seems to offer great wines, of which, at the time of devatting, we are only beginning to discover the depth.

The 2002/2003 winter was one of the rainiest in the last ten years. This is very important to underline, because the hu...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

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Tasting note

color

Medium, Straw and Bright

ending

Long, Flavorful and Lingering

flavors

Vanilla, Toasty, Mineral, Buttery, Spice and Tropical fruits

nose

Intense, Complex, Ripe and Refined

recommend

Yes

taste

Average in Acidity, Good texture, Fresh and Dry

Verdict

Well-rounded and Excellent

Written Notes

The 2003 DRC Montrachet was smooth, soft and round but a touch too sweet and simple by this wine’s usual standards. It was fun and easy with its sweet personality. It added a touch of light flint on its finish (92).

  • 92p
DRC Montrachet 2003/ A extremely ripe vintage. The harvest was the earliest in twenty years. Bright, straw-yellow colour. Pronounced, refined toasty nose with hints of vanilla, spices, butter, minerals and ripe tropical fruits, such as pineapple. Dry, medium-bodied wine with moderate acidity and a viscous texture of buttery flavour. The toasty vanilla aromas marries well with the ripe and intensive tropical fruits. A pronounced minerality refreshes the palate delightfully. Long mineral and toasty finish. Total production for this year was 2871 bottles.
  • 93p

Medium yellow. Fascinating nose combines mirabelle, clove and a combination of exotic and greener tropical fruits. Fat and huge but with terrific vinosity and freshness. Atypically sweet for this wine (Villaine finds the wine's sucrosity too extreme), but at the same time conveying an impression of solidity. Very long, palate-staining finish. (4/2006)

 

 

  • 93p

Sumptuous aromas of spices, yellow plums and buttery toast are found in the nose of the medium to full-bodied 2003 Montrachet. A dense, layered, ample wine of awesome power, it is concentrated, spicy, and velvety-textured. Toasted pears, butter, vanilla, plump yellow fruits, melon balls, and notes of passion fruit make up its extremely extroverted flavor profile. Boasting terrific mouth-feel, it also possesses an exceptionally long, seamless finish. While it is difficult to assess the ageworthiness of such a big, super-ripe white Burgundy, it will unquestionably deliver loads of pleasure if consumed over the next decade and perhaps longer

  • 97p
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Origin

Vosne-Romanée, Burgundy

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