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Ramonet, Montrachet Grand Cru 1999
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Reviewed by: William Kelley
A rich, dramatic wine, the 1999 Montrachet Grand Cru bursts with aromas of honeyed orchard fruit, poached pears, cotton candy and a generous application of toasty new oak that remains prominent at age 23. Full-bodied, broad and fleshy, it's supple and enveloping, with a rich core of fruit, ripe acids and a generous, giving profile, concluding with a long, sweet, gently oak-inflected finish. This isn't the most incisive wine in the Ramonet cellar in this vintage, and it's fully mature today.
Reviewed by: Pierre Rovani
The explosive nose of the 1999 Montrachet displays toast, yeast, smoke, pears, quince, and minerals. This medium to full-bodied wine has huge richness, breadth, density, and power. It is plump, has outstanding grip, and would unquestionably have merited an exceptional score if its acidity had not been somewhat sharp and tart. Nevertheless, this wine's density of fruit and concentration lead me to hope it may well overcome this trait with cellaring. Projected maturity: 2005-2014. Importer: Seagram Chateau & Estate Wines Company, New York, NY; tel (212) 572-7725.
About the Producer
Domaine Ramonet is one of the finest producers in Burgundy, known for the Chardonnay from Chassagne Montrachet village to Montrachet Grand Cru. Domaine Ramonet has been producing consistently high quality Chardonnay in Chassagne Montrachet for 3 generations, it is difficult to talk about Chassagne Montrachet without mentioning Ramonet. Pierre Ramonet came to Burgundy in the late 1920s with nothing more than a knapsack, he started off buying grapes and vinifying them, then later buying his first vineyard in the 1930s. Domaine Ramonet gained a lot of attention very soon after bottling his first wines in his estate. Clive Cotes even wrote ‘Ramonet in white is the equivalent of Henri Jayer or the DRC in red’. By 1950s, Pierre has acquired a handsome holding of Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyards in the Montrachet hill. Amusingly, when Pierre Ramonet has saved enough money in the 1978 and decided to buy a plot in the mighty Montrachet vineyard, he went to the lawyer’s office in Beaune and paid in a thick wad of cash.
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