2018 Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru La Romanee
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The 2018 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Romanée was showing especially well, soaring from the glass with scents of peach, pear and green apples mingled with hints of white flowers and fresh pastry. Full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, with racy underlying acids and chalky structuring extract, this is another profound La Romanée in the making from Lamy-Caillat.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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The 2018 Chassagne-Montrachet La Romanée 1er Cru, raised in around 20% new oak, has an open and more airy bouquet compared to the Grands Montagne. Yet with aeration it manifests subtle aromas of stem ginger and even a hint of fresh rhubarb. The palate is beautifully balanced with a perfect line of acidity, wonderful poise and subtle apricot, orange pith and saline notes toward the pixelated finish. If you can’t afford the red La Romanée, choose this white alternative.
Cooler site than La Grande Montagne. Could also be called Grande Montagne, apparently. Lovely creamy nose, slightly mealy and lactic. Depth and intensity and a long, cool and rather delicate finish. Sour-fresh citrus on the palate, not as intense as the Grande Montagne. More silky. (JH)