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  • Country ranking ?

    483
  • Producer ranking ?

    71
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    from 2025
  • Food Pairing

    Salmon with a mild butter sauce

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The exotic, even tropical nose reflects notes of petrol and wood along with lychee nut, melon, white peach, mango, floral and discreet citrus wisps. The broad-shouldered and impressively dense, bold and muscular flavors coat the palate with seemingly buckets of dry extract that easily buffers the very firm acid spine shaping the surprisingly dry finish (in the context of what is typical for the 2015 vintage) on the hugely long finish where the...

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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

2015 Harvest report - The vineyards celebrate their inscription to the Unesco World Heritage list.


This harvest does not resemble any other one: the berries are small and compact with no sign of millerandage and their skins are tight and full of anthocyanins and ripe tannins. There is average quantity and the early and ultra-fast flowering ensured an exceptionally homogeneous and complete maturity, without ever reaching over-maturity.

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Vintage 2015

The 2015 Harvest by Clive Coates MW

The bad news is Chablis. In the early hours of Tuesday 1st September a severe storm hit the Chablis area. From Irancy up to the grands crus of Blanchots and Les Clos a swathe of hail – some hailstones as large as golf balls – has affected some 100 hectares of the vineyard. In all 97 mm of rain fell in six hours. The weather then cleared, threatening rot, and most growers rushed out to harvest before it wa...

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Origin

Vosne-Romanée, Burgundy

Vintage Quality

Extraordinary

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Excellent

Fake factory

Be Cautious

Other wines from this producer

Bâtard-Montrachet

Corton-Charlemagne

Corton Grand Cru

Echézeaux

Grands Echézeaux

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

Inside Information

Last, but certainly not least, was Montrachet. This white was exploding with flavour and intensity. It displayed toasty aromas combined with vanilla and sweet baking spices including clove, cinnamon and nutmeg. The fruit notes included ripe golden delicious apple and pear as well as exotic fruits with an underpinning of lemon curd and lemon citrus. This 2015 Montrachet was concentrated and full-bodied with nothing shy about it.

When asked about the ideal drinking window for these 2015s, de Villaine explained that he doesn’t think it’s a crime to open these wines now. He felt the Echézeaux and Corton were the most open and recommends keeping the Romanée-Conti for a long time before drinking it. As for the others, he said you should enjoy them as you like. The takeaway from this incredible tasting is that the 2015s from DRC are quite special and something worth purchasing for your cellar. While you’ll need to wait a bit longer for us to have some 2015s to offer, we have other very special DRCs on our list that's attached above (or read it online here). Some suggestions below to get you started are the following: 1999 DRC Assortment, 1999 Richebourg, 2010 Romanée-Saint-Vivant, 2010 Romanée-Conti, 2001 La Tâche, and 2001 and 2004 Montrachet. If you find yourself with questions, would like photos or advice on which wines to choose feel free to reach out. My gratitude to you Monsieur de Villaine for your time and for sharing your insights on the magic of Burgundy as expressed through your words and the wines of DRC.

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