1996 Montrachet Grand Cru

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Montrachet

Burgundy

Color

White

Grape/Blend

Chardonnay

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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This first rate producer bottled its '96 whites between March and early May of this year; the wines had been kept on their fine lees until being racked just two or three weeks prior to bottling. Considering that several had been in bottle barely a month at the time of my visit, they were shockingly expressive. Indeed, said winemaker Jacques Lardiere, the '96s have le brio de chardonnay their lively acids give vibrancy and personality to their flavors. In comparison, Lardiere adds, the Jadot '95s are sappy and concentrated but introverted wines that are very closed now but will be outstanding in five years. The best of the '96s here, as noted below, offer fabulously complex aromatics and authoritative soil tones; their richness is tempered by their sound acids and strong soil tones. A quick look at a dozen or so '97s showed a less emphatic set of wines than the '96s. Lardiere, who is often harder on his own wines than critics are, noted that the '97s are low in sugar and low in acidity "far from an ideal combination for white Burgundy."