2018 Montrachet Grand Cru

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Montrachet

Burgundy

Color

White

Grape/Blend

Chardonnay

Reviews & Tasting Notes

00

Drinking Window

2024 - 2050

Subscriber Access Only

or Sign Up

You'll Find The Article Name Here

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer vitae aliquam odio. Aliquam purus diam, tempor et consectetur vitae, eleifend ac quam. Proin nec mauris ac odio iaculis semper. Integer posuere pharetra aliquet. Nullam tincidunt sagittis est in maximus. Donec sem orci, vulputate ac quam non, consectetur fermentum diam. In dignissim magna id orci dignissim convallis. Integer sit amet placerat dui. Aliquam pharetra ornare nulla at vulputate. Sed dictum, mi eget fringilla lacinia, nisl tortor condimentum mi, vitae ultrices quam diam ac neque. Donec hendrerit vulputate felis, fringilla varius massa.

- By Author Name on Month Date, Year

Winemaker Benoît Riffault was on hand to guide me through Sauzet's 2018s at their winery in Puligny-Montrachet. "Nothing is bottled," he told me. "They were racked just before harvest and the wines are on the lees. We started the picking on 25 August and finished about one week later. The season had been hot and dry, so the grapes were perfect. The big surprise was the juice in the grapes. I have no idea why. Maybe the showers two weeks before the picking had an effect or maybe reserves in the beginning of spring. Nobody imagined the juice like that, comparable to 2009 in volume. The malic [in the fruit] was very low at the beginning of August which is why I harvested early."