2002 Montrachet, Domaine Ramonet (750ml)

Your Price: $1,050.00

QUANTITY AVAILABLE: 4

Quantity:

Vintage: 2002
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Montrachet
Vineyard:
Designation: Grand Cru
Appellation: Chassagne-Montrachet
Producer: Domaine Ramonet
Varietal: Chardonnay
Type: White
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Sub-Region: Cote de Beaune

Tasting note: The fermentation aromas again make the nose tough to read but there are touches of pain grillé, oak spice and white flower aromas in the background. This is every bit as big as the Bâtard and even more powerful with massive, incredibly intense full-bodied flavors of superb depth and breadth and so much dry extract that this seems almost chewable. The flavors are easily the most backward of any of these wines and this will take years to fully realize its enormous potential. A genuinely great effort of monumental proportions. (94-97pts Burghound)

Tasted: Nov., 2004
Score: 94-97
Drink: 2012-30

Tasting note: A monolith today, this is a brooding white, aromatically reserved but exploding on the palate to reveal the essence of its terroir expressed through Chardonnay. Opulent, harmonious and full of energy, it balances elegance and power, intensity and subtlety, and has a long, long finish. (97pts BS, Wine Spectator)

Tasted: Mar. 31, 2005
Score: 97
Drink: 2008-20

Tasting note: Brooding, reticent nose hints at flowers and menthol. Offers great power and thrust as well as noteworthy finesse. Lively flavors of lime, tobacco and minerals show terrific lift. This is extremely young and yet its generosity of texture and sheer chewy extract are already obvious. Finishes penetrating and extremely long but not at all edgy or bitter. This should be a monument of the vintage 10 or 15 years down the road; it would be a shame to pull the cork anytime soon. (95+?pts Stephen Tanzer)

Tasted: Sep./Oct. 2004
Score: 95+?
Drink: N/A