Ramonet Montrachet Lunch

Phoenix, AZ USA
Tasted Friday, July 30, 2021 by Alex G. with 199 views

Introduction

I feel enormously grateful to have participated in this extraordinary event. With the price and rarity of these wines, this may well be the last extensive Ramonet Montrachet tasting we ever do. My notes can't do justice to these wines, but hopefully they'll be helpful to some.

All Ramonet wines were served single-blind -- i.e. we knew the field, but none of us knew the order. It was quite humbling, with many vintages drinking older or younger than we would have expected.

Flight 1 (1 Note)

Flight 2 (3 Notes)

  • 2011 Domaine Ramonet Montrachet

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru

    Massive aromas, dark-ish color, exciting and thrilling on the aromas alone. Rich mouthfeel with more viscosity than the two other Ramonet Montrachet wines in the flight. Some oak spice on the finish. All in all, a lovely wine.

    Not one person guessed this vintage correctly, most including myself were thinking 09. Blind tasting is humbling indeed...

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  • 2015 Jean-Claude Ramonet Montrachet

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru

    Lightest color of the flight, less viscosity than the previous wine. More youthful with a looooong finish. Light and airy this glides across the palate. Slight bitterness on the finish, typical of younger vintages, so it wasn't too surprising that this was the youngest vintage upon the reveal.

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  • 2009 Domaine Ramonet Montrachet

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru

    Darkest color, ripe juicy fruit. Finishes a bit broad with less focus and intensity than the other wines. Delicious nevertheless.

    The reveal was surprising, this seems a bit advanced for 12 year old Montrachet, but may well be representative of the aging curve for this vintage.

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Flight 3 (4 Notes)

  • 2001 Domaine Ramonet Montrachet Flawed

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru

    Totally oxidized, undrinkable.

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  • 2011 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Montrachet

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru

    Lights out! Juicy tropical fruit on the attack with a massively powerful saline finish. A denser mouthfeel with more viscosity than any of the Ramonet wines. This is the total package, power with focus.

    It's like a combination of the body and intensity of a great mature vintage of Coche-Dury Corton Charlemagne, but with Montrachet clarity. Supremely impressive, and an instructive contrast to the Ramonet style - this is yang to the Ramonet's yin.

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  • 2004 Domaine Ramonet Montrachet

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru

    Exceptional balance, some tropical notes. Surprised on the reveal this was drinking much younger than I would have expected for '04. Well stored bottles like this could easily keep improving for a decade.

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  • 2012 Domaine Ramonet Montrachet

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru

    Clean and precise aroma, exceptional balance, a complete wine with a memorable mineral finish that glides across the palate.

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Flight 4 (2 Notes)

Flight 5 (2 Notes)

  • 2007 Domaine Ramonet Montrachet

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru

    Rich and tropical, served blind and quite a few of us weren't even sure this was on theme. It came across as broad and less precise than the other wines today, a shocking reveal.

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  • 2006 Domaine Ramonet Montrachet

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru

    Ripe fruit on the attack, intensely mineral and very long finish. A very serious wine, and a great showing. Not a surprise on the reveal.

    Crazy and embarrassing as this is, this is the third time I have had this wine in a month. Each bottle has been consistently excellent, '06 was a strong vintage for Ramonet.

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Flight 6 (3 Notes)

  • 1997 Domaine Robert Arnoux / Arnoux-Lachaux Romanée St. Vivant

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru

    Served blind, bricking showed substantial age but the fruit remains in tact and there's lovely spice.

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  • 2012 Domaine Méo-Camuzet Richebourg

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru

    From restaurant list, and even with a decant and time in the glass this was so backward and inaccessible. One can sense the potential here, and in 20 years this will be epic. This should be buried deep in the cellar and forgotten about, it's a real shame to drink now.

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  • 2016 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Chambertin

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru

    In stark contrast to '12 Meo Richebourg, this wine was generous and accessible after a brief decant. The depth of fruit was remarkable, and the fine filigree evident even at this youthful age. I presume we caught this in a window before it shuts down, clearly there's material here to age for decades. I would be thrilled to taste this again in 15-25 years.

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