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Montrachet 1988

Posted By Ronan on May 16, 2009 in  | 0 Comments

Country: France
Vintage: 1988
Colour: White
Site: Montrachet
Region: Burgundy
Producer: Domaine Ramonet
Date Tasted: 16-05-09
Score: 95

Deep golden colour, very smoky nose, cinder toffee and black treacle, great acidity, very long in palate, mature confit stone fruits, complex with a very long finish, typical Ramonet acidity and limestone minerals, very rich on nose very rapier like on palate.

Jacques Prieur 2000

Posted By Ronan on February 20, 2009 in  | 0 Comments

Country: France
Vintage: 2000
Colour: White
Site: Montrachet
Region: Burgundy
Producer: Jacques Prieur
Date Tasted: 20-02-09
Score: 89

Nose very open and forward, spicy and warm ripe tropical fruit toast and smoke, palate rich and tropical, mango and pineapple, cornflake popcorn oak on nose, very rich on palate with minerality lacking.








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