Powerful nose with lemon, butter, lemon oil, smoke, flint, peach, mineral, and butterscotch. Despite all the richness and oak, the palate is perfectly balanced with lots of fruit, great acidity, and flavors of peach, lemon, apple, minerals, a bit of vanilla, and toast. Very long finish. This is a very big, very deep, and complex wine, best drunk on its own with plenty of time... Fantastic experience!
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Singing. Popped and poured at Blue Hill at SB. It was all there - awesome white burgandy nose, rich, great balance and length. This wine is in the perfect spot right now, so drink up I would say.
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Tasted over 2 hrs, from 375 mL -translucent deep med gold -rich honeyed caramel quinine faint oxidative note -med acidity provides excellent tension, med weight silky elegant honey peanut brittle, good length with caramel oak finish -a little more advanced than it should be
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Tasted upon opening toasty sesame lemon twist white flower yellow fruits, massive and tight! Immediately decant it and keep checking on it at first two hour stage the toasty sesame gone and oak emerged seems even less interesting! Therefore finishing on the reds and came back after 5 hours decanting! Wow it transformed the sesame came back even smoky with hazelnut and minerals! Aftertastes with several attacks that gives you different sensations 94+ upsides! I am lucky to have time to let it be what this is capable of!
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2010 LOUIS JADOT MONTRACHET GRAND CRU- minerality dominated this wine from the nose through the tail after an initial sulphur blow off; flint and smoke gave an assist to the nice lemon zest, pear and apple notes, but the minerals persisted and almost overwhelmed my feeble palate.
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Half bottle at restaurant; decanted; had it over two hours. It was too cold at first and was a bit reserved, but even then you could tell there was a lot lurking around under the surface. Later, aromas of butter, popcorn, creme soda drifted forward. Man, I love this! I could smell this all night. Significant structure, but not unapproachable by any means. Significant acidity and not flabby - well balanced and integrated. Magnificent. Not an explosive bouquet yet (and that will clearly come with more time in the cellar), but I am not sorry that I tried it now. I see some tasters posting here weren't as impressed as I was, but this experience was amazing for me. Galloni gave it a high score - count me in his camp on this. I am more of a red wine guy than white, but I shunned a 20-year old Bordeaux at the table to keep coming back to this time and again.
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The good case scenario is I opened this too early and it will resolve itself. The bad case scenario is this wine is an over oaked out of balance one note wine.
The bouquet immediately suggests something is wrong...this is mammothly oaked, with very little else showing, maybe a floral hint.
I don't want to be sensationalist but in the mouth it tastes like a poorly done second label from California. Oak and sugar, it is utterly foul to drink right now. Could this have been stewed in transit? I've owned it since release and it was in perfect condition, so who knows.
I could look at the producer, property and vintage and give no score, but that's not right....it's more important to call what's in front of me. There are so many other good wines to try I wouldn't give this a second thought.
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11 Montrachet Grand Crus and 4 Montrachet GC Neighbors (E&R Wine Shop, Portland OR): Very light color. Beautiful aromas, but fairly light... one must pay attention and you ca pick out very pretty notes of light dried leafs and a candied lemon rind. Elegant, but quiet and smooth. Lovely palate entry. Really soft and mellow, but lovely and elegant texture. I get more of that sour candied lemon skin. Very fresh on the palate, but tight. Lovely lingering notes on the finish. Tart and mellow, but at the same time it has an intense presence that lingers long. Very nice. After a while this tart, puckering notion over takes. Really voluminous. Lovely, but needs a few years.
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Nose: The nose is ever so deep with layered and fat tones of white florals, white peaches, some crisco, blood oranges, meyer lemons, some sea spray tones, as well as a touch of white fruits. There is a bit of sulfer, but it is lying a bit underneath right now.
Taste: Full bodied with extremely youthful high acidity. There is a good amount of baby fat on the palate with larger tones of white peaches, white florals, crisco, meyer lemons, sea spray, and a touch of blood oranges as well.
Overall: This is a massive and young Montrachet. This bottle had been opened for a day, so while there was some sulfer on the nose, it didn't follow through on the palate. If this doesn't succumb to premox, it will be a mountain of a wine and something special to behold.
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Rick's 50th birthday notes and my 10,000th post!; 11/24/2012-11/27/2012 (Chateau Rick): Big dose of sulfur on the nose. Even with it sitting in a decanter for 3 hours the reduction on the nose still stands out. But beneath the so2 is a deep concentrated whiff of peach. The palate on the otherhand is a bit more ready than the nose is as you get a very rich sappy apple and citrus core, but the wine itself isn't terribly exciting as there doesn't seem to be much complexity at the moment nor is there much of a finish. There is a waxy texture to it on the palate that lifts the fruit from the initial attack to the mid palate but it doesn't have enough to get any farther.
A bit disappointing compared to the Chev that we had a week earlier from 2010 which had far more depth and flavor than this monty.
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10/11/2022 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 97 Points
Powerful nose with lemon, butter, lemon oil, smoke, flint, peach, mineral, and butterscotch. Despite all the richness and oak, the palate is perfectly balanced with lots of fruit, great acidity, and flavors of peach, lemon, apple, minerals, a bit of vanilla, and toast. Very long finish. This is a very big, very deep, and complex wine, best drunk on its own with plenty of time... Fantastic experience!
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10/23/2021 - Peliot Likes this wine: 96 Points
Singing. Popped and poured at Blue Hill at SB. It was all there - awesome white burgandy nose, rich, great balance and length. This wine is in the perfect spot right now, so drink up I would say.
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8/1/2021 - Bobby Burgundy Likes this wine: 96 Points
Super the best 2010’ I have had and Richardo feels the same at this point
Richard rated 97 double blind - guessed Leflaive batard - beautiful glass of white burgundy
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9/4/2020 - Cote d'Or wrote:
Tasted over 2 hrs, from 375 mL
-translucent deep med gold
-rich honeyed caramel quinine faint oxidative note
-med acidity provides excellent tension, med weight silky elegant honey peanut brittle, good length with caramel oak finish
-a little more advanced than it should be
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5/27/2020 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 91 Points
didn't meet expectations... fine but a little dull, no edge, not a lot of fruit / citrus
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12/29/2019 - Aromatic wrote: 94 Points
Tasted upon opening toasty sesame lemon twist white flower yellow fruits, massive and tight! Immediately decant it and keep checking on it at first two hour stage the toasty sesame gone and oak emerged seems even less interesting! Therefore finishing on the reds and came back after 5 hours decanting! Wow it transformed the sesame came back even smoky with hazelnut and minerals! Aftertastes with several attacks that gives you different sensations 94+ upsides! I am lucky to have time to let it be what this is capable of!
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1/16/2018 - Blake Brown Likes this wine:
2010 LOUIS JADOT MONTRACHET GRAND CRU- minerality dominated this wine from the nose through the tail after an initial sulphur blow off; flint and smoke gave an assist to the nice lemon zest, pear and apple notes, but the minerals persisted and almost overwhelmed my feeble palate.
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6/5/2016 - InTheMunee Likes this wine: 98 Points
Half bottle at restaurant; decanted; had it over two hours. It was too cold at first and was a bit reserved, but even then you could tell there was a lot lurking around under the surface. Later, aromas of butter, popcorn, creme soda drifted forward. Man, I love this! I could smell this all night. Significant structure, but not unapproachable by any means. Significant acidity and not flabby - well balanced and integrated. Magnificent. Not an explosive bouquet yet (and that will clearly come with more time in the cellar), but I am not sorry that I tried it now. I see some tasters posting here weren't as impressed as I was, but this experience was amazing for me. Galloni gave it a high score - count me in his camp on this. I am more of a red wine guy than white, but I shunned a 20-year old Bordeaux at the table to keep coming back to this time and again.
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1/17/2016 - kr522 wrote: 75 Points
The good case scenario is I opened this too early and it will resolve itself. The bad case scenario is this wine is an over oaked out of balance one note wine.
The bouquet immediately suggests something is wrong...this is mammothly oaked, with very little else showing, maybe a floral hint.
I don't want to be sensationalist but in the mouth it tastes like a poorly done second label from California. Oak and sugar, it is utterly foul to drink right now. Could this have been stewed in transit? I've owned it since release and it was in perfect condition, so who knows.
I could look at the producer, property and vintage and give no score, but that's not right....it's more important to call what's in front of me. There are so many other good wines to try I wouldn't give this a second thought.
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8/26/2014 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 92 Points
11 Montrachet Grand Crus and 4 Montrachet GC Neighbors (E&R Wine Shop, Portland OR): Very light color. Beautiful aromas, but fairly light... one must pay attention and you ca pick out very pretty notes of light dried leafs and a candied lemon rind. Elegant, but quiet and smooth. Lovely palate entry. Really soft and mellow, but lovely and elegant texture. I get more of that sour candied lemon skin. Very fresh on the palate, but tight. Lovely lingering notes on the finish. Tart and mellow, but at the same time it has an intense presence that lingers long. Very nice. After a while this tart, puckering notion over takes. Really voluminous. Lovely, but needs a few years.
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8/22/2013 - KeithAkers wrote: 95 Points
Nose: The nose is ever so deep with layered and fat tones of white florals, white peaches, some crisco, blood oranges, meyer lemons, some sea spray tones, as well as a touch of white fruits. There is a bit of sulfer, but it is lying a bit underneath right now.
Taste: Full bodied with extremely youthful high acidity. There is a good amount of baby fat on the palate with larger tones of white peaches, white florals, crisco, meyer lemons, sea spray, and a touch of blood oranges as well.
Overall: This is a massive and young Montrachet. This bottle had been opened for a day, so while there was some sulfer on the nose, it didn't follow through on the palate. If this doesn't succumb to premox, it will be a mountain of a wine and something special to behold.
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11/27/2012 - clayfu wrote:
Rick's 50th birthday notes and my 10,000th post!; 11/24/2012-11/27/2012 (Chateau Rick): Big dose of sulfur on the nose. Even with it sitting in a decanter for 3 hours the reduction on the nose still stands out. But beneath the so2 is a deep concentrated whiff of peach. The palate on the otherhand is a bit more ready than the nose is as you get a very rich sappy apple and citrus core, but the wine itself isn't terribly exciting as there doesn't seem to be much complexity at the moment nor is there much of a finish. There is a waxy texture to it on the palate that lifts the fruit from the initial attack to the mid palate but it doesn't have enough to get any farther.
A bit disappointing compared to the Chev that we had a week earlier from 2010 which had far more depth and flavor than this monty.
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