1986 Gagnard-Delagrange Montrachet

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 93.7 points

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  10/26/2013 - Alex H wrote: 93 Points

  Sparkling fresh and clean white fruits and pith. Pristine clarity with crystal purity. For such an aged wine, this has hardly shown a wrinkle. Eternal ethereal Monty.

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  10/17/2013 - celk Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Stunningly beautiful wine with layer upon layer of complex flavors; sea breeze, mineral, lime skins and almond notes. Refreshing and lively - if only more wine experiences could be like this.

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  10/11/2013 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points

  William's Bachelor's Party (Tonny Restaurant, Geylang Lor 3, Singapore): Quite a few of my friends on the table were very taken by this, but I thought while it was an excellent wine, it was not a truly great Monty. In fact, it was just slightly overshadowed in my estimation by the two other superb dry whites on the night,though perhaps by virtue of this being slightly less expressive rather than having less quality. It did have a wonderful nose however, with sweet scents of ripe apples and drizzles of honey alongside citrussy notes of kumquat and lemon curd, then a curl of lanolin and chalk that brought the Chenin of Loire to mind, before a really nice lick of buttery tones. Wonderful stuff. The palate did not quite have the same breadth of complexity as the nose, but it was really solid in its own right, with a beeswaxy depth on the attack and yummy flavours of sweet apples with slightly tropical shades at the sides on the midpalate. There was a rich thickness to this, and a nice honeyed tone throughout, so that most of us managed to guess it correctly as a Chassagne rather than a Puligny Grand Cru. HM was the only one who got the Le Monty correct though, with the others mostly leaning towards Bâtard or Criots-Bâtard (perhaps in a reflection of the quality of the wine). While the acidity was not the sprighliest, the wine did have a great sense of balance and a subtle structure, with some wonderful underlying minerality showing up in limestoney notes that underscored the long finish, with touches of honey and spice and lemony notes showing a nice lift of lively freshness right at the end. Very good indeed, and while drinking nicely now, it has the legs to last for a long time yet. In the end though, this was an excellent rather than truly great wine.

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