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The Winter 2011 Auction
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Lot 1076
Estimate: $1,100
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Reviews
98 · 93-96
98 JG "The 2007 Lafon Montrachet is everything one would expect in this superb vintage, as the wine offers up a gloriously complex and ethereal nose of apple, pear, passion fruit, tangerine, buttered almonds, pastry cream, white flowers, great minerality and vanillin oak. Did I mention that the wine was complex? On the palate the wine was deep, full-bodied and very pure, with supreme elegance, great focus and breed and a hauntingly long, snappy and utterly seamless finish. Glorious wine." 93-96 AM The restrained but fantastically complex aromas are ripe, pure and elegant, indeed one can simply smell this and be knocked out. This will require plenty of patience from those fortunate enough to acquire a few bottles but the good news is that it will live for years to come.
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98 JG "The 2007 Lafon Montrachet is everything one would expect in this superb vintage, as the wine offers up a gloriously complex and ethereal nose of apple, pear, passion fruit, tangerine, buttered almonds, pastry cream, white flowers, great minerality and vanillin oak. Did I mention that the wine was complex? On the palate the wine was deep, full-bodied and very pure, with supreme elegance, great focus and breed and a hauntingly long, snappy and utterly seamless finish. Glorious wine." 93-96 AM The restrained but fantastically complex aromas are ripe, pure and elegant, indeed one can simply smell this and be knocked out. This will require plenty of patience from those fortunate enough to acquire a few bottles but the good news is that it will live for years to come.
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The world's most influential fine-wine producer and the benchmark for Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and the Rhone. Its appellation (AOC) system codifies geography, grape and method, and its wines set the global standard for age-worthiness and terroir expression.
Produces the world's most revered Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from a mosaic of tiny, terroir-defined climats. Its hierarchy of village, Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyards makes site the ultimate expression of quality.
Chassagne-Montrachet is a village AOC in Burgundy's Cote de Beaune with numerous Premier Crus, renowned above all for rich, nutty, mineral Chardonnay whites, though it also makes firm Pinot Noir reds.
The world's most versatile white grape, producing everything from steely Chablis to rich, oaked whites. Its neutrality makes it a mirror of terroir and winemaking, and the foundation of white Burgundy and Champagne.