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Montrachet 2006

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Burgundy, France

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Burgundy France
  • 97
    Points
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  • 17 Pros of
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502 97
  • Taste
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  • Country ranking ?

    593

  • Producer ranking ?

    93

  • Decanting time

    2h

  • When to drink

    now to 2040

  • Food Pairing

    pike served with a white butter and sorrel sauce

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96 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

 Aubert de Villaine and his team harvested their 2006 Montrachet on September 26, and it was bottled (as a single assemblage) at the end of 2007. High-toned peach, lemon oil, musk, and floral aromas mark the penetrating, ethereal nose. Smoky, peach kernel pungency weaves its way through nutty, peachy richness on the palate. Less obviously dense, rich and sappy than the extraordinary 2005, this 2006 fo...

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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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2006 Harvest / A vigneron's challenge again !

At the time of this writing, the vineyards, relieved of their fruit, have begun to change colour. The soft October sun is caressing the red and gold hills. The villages are quiet again after the hubbub of the harvest. The streets are filled with generous fragrances coming from the wineries where fermentations are proceeding. The birth of this new vintage is a real pleasure to the senses !

The...

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Vintage 2006

2006 VINTAGE in Burgundy

The personality of Burgundy wines makes the difference

A charmer. Such is the epithet most frequently employed when Burgundy's newest vintage is evoked. Nearly two months after the grape harvest, and following a year typified by rather fantastical weather, Burgundy is finally catching its breath. The 2006 vintage, a preoccupying one which never allowed an idle moment, both in the vineyards and in the cellars, exc...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

20 tasting notes

Tasting note

color

Light, Green-Yellow and Pale

ending

Long and Lingering

flavors

Voluptuous, Toasty, Creamy, Buttery, Caramel and Citrus

nose

Intense, Generous, Refined and Complex

recommend

Yes

taste

High in Acidity, Warming, Medium tannin, Balanced, Concentrated, Well-Integrated, Developing, Medium-bodied, Firm, Elegant, Toasty, Dry and Sweet tannins

Verdict

Intelligent and Sophisticated

Written Notes

The 2006 DRC Montrachet was one white that could follow up any flight of reds. That hint of botrytis that the growers had to deal with in 2006 was more evident in the Montrachet. The nose was sweet, aromatic and tropical as only the DRC seems to be as far as white Burgs go. Aromas of candy cane and a minty sweet core were self-evident, but there were also great structure components to complement its sweetness. The palate was rich, buttery and lush, with butter dominating and tropical sweetness coming in second. Guava and mineral flavors rounded out this outstanding white.

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  • 95p

“As it was originally from cask, the 2006 Montrachet remains relatively discreet with almost shy white flower, grapefruit, mildly exotic orchard fruit and subtle spice notes trimmed in just the right amount of wood that lead to beautifully textured, pure, intense and focused big-bodied flavors wrapped around a firm acid spine and culminating in a wonderfully racy, dry, linear and miner- al-driven finish.”(96pts BH)

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  • 96p

Pale gold. Slightly exotic aromas of butterscotch, smoke and honey, all lifted by powerful minerality. Fat, superrich and sweet, with great solidity and fullness to the stone fruit, butterscotch, saline and mineral flavors. Following the red wines here-and the Leroy Corton-Charlemagne I tasted earlier the same morning-this verged on heavy (perhaps the effect of about 10% noble rot), but this big boy has enough energy to maintain freshness as it burns off some of its baby fat over the next decade or so

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  • 94p

Aubert de Villaine and his team harvested their 2006 Montrachet on September 26, and it was bottled (as a single assemblage) at the end of 2007. High-toned peach, lemon oil, musk, and floral aromas mark the penetrating, ethereal nose. Smoky, peach kernel pungency weaves its way through nutty, peachy richness on the palate. Less obviously dense, rich and sappy than the extraordinary 2005, this 2006 for all of its sheer viscosity and ripeness, displays a dynamic, almost shimmering sense of fruit and mineral interplay. Intriguingly, in my initial -- November, 2007 tasting -- this effect was more pronounced from a barrel that had been rolled to disburse the lees than in one that had undergone conventional batonnage. The youthful 2006 reflects its new wood environment in a way that the 2005 -- at similar stages in its evolution -- did not. There is no lack here of the mystery that should be expected from one of the world’s most fabled and expensive wines, not just in the paradox of viscosity, richness and power combined with elegance, lift, and refinement; but also in nuances that left me groping the lexicon for animal or mineral descriptors.

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  • 96p
2006 MONTRACHET GRAND CRU Intense golden yellow color with green hue. Very intense nose, filled with lush ripe fruit, yellow apples, grilled lemons, white stone fruit, fresh apricots, spices, saffron, rape seed oil, oak and vanilla. A hedonistic nose in every sense. Just like it should be. Very full, rich and intense, palate that mirrors the nose and fills every part of your mouth. It even ads some tropical fruit notes to the mix. This is just stuffed with good stuff but somehow remains balanced. Never ending finish that has a touch of sweetness as well as a core of minerals that keeps the wine fresh. Not sure if this is a caricature or bench mark Montrachet but it’s amazing never the less. Drink 2016-2030 95p
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Origin

Vosne-Romanée, Burgundy

Other wines from this producer

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Vosne Romanée

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