2016 Le Montrachet

There are 170 liters instead of 600 liters of the 2016 Montrachet Grand Cru this year due to the frost, raised in a specially made barrel to the exact size just like the Bâtard-Montrachet. It has a deeper and more intense bouquet compared to the Bâtard-Montrachet, with touches of oyster shell, sea cave and freshly tilled earth early in the morning. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, fresh and tensile, poised with hints of orange zest and apricot toward the long finish. Stylistically it reminds me of a Ramonet. What a fabulous Montrachet...shame there is bugger all to go round.