Domaine Ramonet
Les Ruchottes Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Chardonnay
Chassagne-Montrachet, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France
Sometimes, you roll the dice with Burgundy and it comes up aces. This wine. Wow.
Sometimes, you roll the dice with Burgundy and it comes up aces. This wine. Wow.
Apr 26th, 2015
Pristine gold color. Flint, mint and yellow apple. Very balanced palate, very mineral with and extremely long finish. Excellent. Perfect bottle.
Pristine gold color. Flint, mint and yellow apple. Very balanced palate, very mineral with and extremely long finish. Excellent. Perfect bottle.
Mar 4th, 2019Yellow-gold color. Complex nose of ripe yellow apple, honey, apricot and a little bit of yeast. Very good acidity, almost mineral, smooth palate and long finish and persistent. This showed very well for its age, although I would not wait much longer. Delicious.
Yellow-gold color. Complex nose of ripe yellow apple, honey, apricot and a little bit of yeast. Very good acidity, almost mineral, smooth palate and long finish and persistent. This showed very well for its age, although I would not wait much longer. Delicious.
Jun 19th, 2016
A good experience with an older Paul Pernot Batard gave me the courage to bring this into Per se for a "casual" meal with my wife Linda and our friend Jonathan Holloway and his wife. I was always always a great buyer of Ramonet's Ruchottes beginning with the '85 vintage onward until around the 2000 vintage when it became clear that the wheels had fallen off the white burgundy bus. But this wine, this was some kind of wine! No premox, just a marvelously suave, honeyed flavor, supporting acidity, and a finish with great minerality presenting itself as a kind of minty freshness. Always a treat to graze through a magical Keller meal in the Per se reception/bar area overlooking Columbus Circle, even more so when accompanying the meal with a wine worthy of supporting this sophisticated cuisine.
A good experience with an older Paul Pernot Batard gave me the courage to bring this into Per se for a "casual" meal with my wife Linda and our friend Jonathan Holloway and his wife. I was always always a great buyer of Ramonet's Ruchottes beginning with the '85 vintage onward until around the 2000 vintage when it became clear that the wheels had fallen off the white burgundy bus. But this wine, this was some kind of wine! No premox, just a marvelously suave, honeyed flavor, supporting acidity, and a finish with great minerality presenting itself as a kind of minty freshness. Always a treat to graze through a magical Keller meal in the Per se reception/bar area overlooking Columbus Circle, even more so when accompanying the meal with a wine worthy of supporting this sophisticated cuisine.
Feb 6th, 2016