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  • Country ranking ?

    638
  • Producer ranking ?

    104
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    White fish

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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

2004 Harvest / At the Olympic Games, which took place last summer while the grapes were ripening, victory often depends on few things: a few centimetres or a few seconds, with the complicity of diverse circumstances that are beyond the athlete's control - luck is among them! even though the talent and the work accomplished the months and years before the competition are essential.

It is the same for the vigneron. The challenge that is propo...

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Vintage 2004

2004 VINTAGE in Burgundy

2004 will be remembered as the year of wonderful surprises. The month of September was hot, dry and sunny contributing to an excellent harvest which in turn gave birth to fruity, elegant wines.
The harvest started on the 13th September in Burgundy, the Mâconnais and the Côte Chalonnaise during a long awaited spell of mild weather following a summer characterised by climatic instability. 

These conditions slowed ...

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Average Bottle Price

2020 2015 2010
5 640€ +24.5% 4 530€ +33.6% 3 390€

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

26 tasting notes

Tasting note

color

Deep, Yellow and Healthy

ending

Round

nose

Youthful, Opulent, Seductive and Generous

recommend

Yes

taste

Balanced, Multi-dimensional, Well-structured and Fresh

Verdict

Impressive

Written Notes

The 2004 DRC Montrachet was the most floral and so sweet, decadent, lush, and creamy.  Mmmmm delicious stuff.  Since I just reviewed it the night before, I kept my notes short.  The Ambassador was feeling like opening up new trade relations and gave it 99 points lol, but he wasn’t too far off (97).

  • 97p

The 2004 Montrachet is simply dazzling. Totally seamless and silky on the palate, the 2004 speaks to total finesse above all else. I especially like the way the 2004 remains gracious and light on its feet for a wine that delivers so much intensity. Orange peel, spice, white flowers and chamomile grace the palate in a silky, gracious wine that conquers all the sense. With time in the glass the minerality becomes more pronounced and the wine gains freshness. This is another vintage that really benefits from a few hours of air. The 2004 is just beginning to show the first signs of maturity, but it has enough pedigree to drink well for at least two more decades. It is a great Montrachet, albeit in much more restrained style than the more flamboyant vintages. The 2004 was brought in on October 5, the last day of the harvest, and seems to have reaped all the benefits of the last six weeks of the growing season, a period characterized by copious sunshine and moderately warm temperatures. When it comes to overall balance, the 2004 is utterly magnificent.

  • 98p
Bright green lemony colour. Intense and elegant nose with lovely complexity – elegant touch of mintiness, fine toastiness supporting fresh elegant fruit. Broad oily texture with super elegant minerality and high acidity. Very long beautifully balanced taste that leaves one calling for more. Drinking well now but with this balance will keep easily a decade or even two.
  • 94p
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Origin

Vosne-Romanée, Burgundy

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