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  • Country ranking ?

    734
  • Producer ranking ?

    27
  • 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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Vintage 2002

2002 VINTAGE in Burgundy

A Great Year 

The trade is unanimous: the harvest was exceptional and 2002 is destined to be a great vintage for Burgundy. A dry summer, a sunny September, splendid grapes with highly concentrated sugars - everything came together to produce structured and complex wines with outstanding aromatic potential.
As early as the beginning of September, the sugar content in the grapes was often at exceptionally high lev...

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Tasting note

color

Full

ending

Long, Lingering and Spicy

flavors

Mineral

nose

Intense, Pure, Complex and Fresh

recommend

Yes

taste

Concentrated, Complex, Medium-bodied and Firm

Written Notes

2002 was a super vintage for the Monrachets. The cold winter had ensured that the dormant vines had a good rest. The bud break and flowering occurred as normal but the following drought caused a water deficiency for the rest of the season. After some welcomed rain in September, the dry and cool northern wind and sunny weather dried the grapes guaranteeing a high concentration.
Bright yellow colour with green tints. Rich and fresh aromatic nose with an intense menthol aroma. Lovely crispy acidity with persistent minerality forms a firm backbone to this concentrated wine. Very broad mouth-feel with moderately intense fruit on the mid-palate. Lingering long elegant finish with beautiful spiciness from the oak. A delicate and opulent wine with years ahead.

  • 96p

The third white was deliciously good, showing more honeysuckle fruit. There were exotic and sweet guava aromas to its pleasing fruit. This was a kinky wine, very unique in the flight and showing great, sweet balance. Delicacy came to mind in more ways than one. Mint and menthol emerged, along with lemon curd and ‘eucalyptus.’ That was the giveaway for Ramonet, and it was, indeed, a 2002 Ramonet Batard Montrachet (95). I called it. Well, at least the Ramonet part.

  • 95p

This is a simply lovely example of all fine, mature white Burgundy should be. The wine is full-bodied, yet supple and smooth on the palate. There is considerable fruit, and a very slight sweetness to underpin the oakiness. Very long on the palate, excellent grip, still very fresh. Splendid!

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Origin

Beaune, Burgundy

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