2006 Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 90.1 points

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  1/27/2023 - Sean Tay Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Had a flight of Chassagne Montrachet of 15 different wine across different vintages and wine maker. Interesting to note that for a group of 8 people, most couldn’t have guess the wine maker, all rather most got it wrong. The WOTN or favorite are quite similar representing the quality of the wine maker. And price point of bottle vis a vis the quality is inequitable.
  
  2020 Bruno Colin Chassagne Montrachet 1er En Cailleret 92
  Medium nose intensity with notes of green apple. Medium+ acidity and medium+ length.
  
  2018 Vincent Dancer Chassagne Montrachet 1er Tete Du Clos 95
  Pronounced nose intensity with notes, mineral, grapefruit. High acidity and long finish
  
  2018 Lamy Caillat Chassagne Montrachet 1er La Grande Montagne 93
  Pronounced nose intensity with notes of ripe red apple, toast, mineral, lemon grapefruit. High acidity and long finish
  
  2018 Caroline Morey Chassagne Montrachet 1er Les Champs Gains 96
  Pronounced nose intensity with notes of ripe red apple, toast, mineral, grapefruit. High acidity and long finish. Opulent nose.
  
  2018 Pierre Yves Colin Morey Chassagne Montrachet 1er La Maltroie 94
  Pronounced nose intensity with notes of grapefruit, lemon, mineral. Still youthful. Sharp acidity
  
  2013 Hubert Lamy Chassagne Montrachet 1er Les Chaumees 94
  Pronounced nose intensity with notes of grapefruit, lemon. High acidity.
  
  2013 Coffinet Duvernay Chassagne Montrachet 1er Les Blanchots Dessus 93
  Medium+ pronunciation with notes of toast, green apple. Balanced. Drinking well. Medium+ acidity and medium length
  
  2007 Pierre Yves Colin Morey Chassagne Montrachet 1er Les Caillerets 95
  Pronounced nose pronunciation with notes of ripe green apple, balanced, fresh. Medium+ acidity and long finish
  
  2007 Ramonet Chassagne Montrachet 1er Boudriotte 94
  Pronounced nose with ripe green apple, ripe lemon, wheat. High acidity and long finish
  
  2006 Joseph Drouhin Chassagne Montrachet 1er Marquis de Laguiche 94
  Medium+ nose intensity with notes of wheat, red apple, toast. High acidity and long finish
  
  2006 Fontaine Gagnard Criots Batard Montrachet Grand Cru 96
  Pronounced nose intensity with notes of ripe red apple, toast. Medium+ acidity and long finish
  
  2018 Ramonet Chassagne Montrachet Rouge 94
  Pronounced nose intensity with notes of flora, violet, cooked red fruits. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin. Tannin is integrated and smooth
  
  2018 Ramonet Chassagne Montrachet 1er Clos de la Boudriotte Rouge 93
  Pronounced nose intensity with notes of flora, red fruits. Medium+ acidity and medium+ tannin but tannin is integrated and velvety.
  
  1996 Ramonet Chassagne Montrachet 1er Chaumees 96
  Pronounced nose with notes of chestnut, Chrysanthemum tea, toast. High acidity and long finish.
  
  2010 Michael Niellon Chassagne Montrachet 1er Les Chenevottes 95
  Pronounced nose intensity with notes of chestnut, toast, cooked green apple. High acidity. Long finish.

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  10/11/2022 - Rani Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Tasted blind. I didn’t recognize it as a Chardonnay - it was very dry on the one hand, but fat and oily which drew me to the Loire. Still, ot was well rounded and balanced, I enjoyed it and was surprised when revealed - not the oak-laden wines I’ve seen from this producer to date. Interesting.

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  5/10/2020 - Aravind Asok wrote:

  Even better than my last bottle. This is showing so well now. On the nose: lemon custard, passion fruit, some honey, marzipan, a touch of smoke, and positively dripping with stony notes. On the palate, the density is amazing: fantastic acidity, loads of stone and lemon, some pepper, passion fruit...honeyed texture, but so rich and vibrant. The finish goes on forever. Happy Mother's day!

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  2/18/2020 - Goldstone Likes this wine: 93 Points

  'No Masks' Hong Kong Dinner (Table, 8th Floor, The Pemberton, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong): Nicely gold colour but still freshly jewelled. Nose is too cold but definitely a youthful bottle. Palate has an immediately gorgeous light honeysuckle and acacia honey character with a little bit of lemon and vanilla creme brulee. Really good deceptive length. Resonant and rich. Drop dead gorgeous. Quite feminine for a Criots-BM. The best bottle from my case so far. So fresh and vibrant. It had improved when drank again at the end of the meal 3 -4 hours later but hadn't basically changed character. I scored it mid-point.

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  11/28/2019 - Aravind Asok wrote:

  Just lovely, and barely hitting peak if this bottle is any indication. Honeysuckle, a touch of vanilla, lemon peel. Fantastic acidity, struck match, sweet match, excellent density. Wow, stunning.

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