The 1998 Remoissenet Montrachet is now fully mature in my view. In the nose dark yellow fruit .. pineapple, white peach, hazelnuts - with a foundation of stony minerality. The warmer and sweeter notes like acacia and fique with hints of quince becomes more intense with air and as the temperature …
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Bourchard Pere et Fils, Montrachet 2015
The tasting Grandes Maisons Grands Cru during Grands Jours de Bourgogne included the opportunity to taste some of the big wines from the 2015 vintage – wines I rarely have the chance to taste and evaluate from bottle. The Bourchard Pere et Fils Montrachet 2015 - is a rather mighty wine - …
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Maison Joseph Drouhin, Le Montrachet Marquis de Laguiche 2015
The tasting Grandes Maisons Grands Cru during Grands Jours de Bourgogne included the opportunity to taste some of the big wines from the 2015 vintage - wines I rarely have the chance to taste and evaluate from bottle. The Joseph Drouhin, Le Montrachet - Marquis de Laguiche 2015 was one of the …
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Visit Joseph Drouhin – tasting the white 2016s from cask
Second round of 2016s from Maison Joseph Drouhin .. to the whites .. The tasting was conducted by Veronique Drouhin .. at the head office in Beaune - check also the article about the excellent red 2016s. The whites are as the reds influenced by the difficult conditions in 2016 - mainly …
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Montrachet – the historic evidence and the expansion in 1921
If one look at the old sources the area and borders of the Montrachet vineyard were not very clear and well defined, and it was not until 1921 Montrachet found it's current size and borders. The current size of Montrachet is 7.998 ha divided almost equally between Chassagne-Montrachet (3.9873 ha) …
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