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Estimate: $5,000
3.5cm, Very lightly torn capsule, nicked, lightly scuffed, very lightly bin soiled label, #00169.
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99 WA "Attentive and wealthy readers will note that I have revised my original, barrel sample-based score for the Domaine de la Romanee Conti's 1995 Montrachet (a 95-97+ in Issue #110). Simply put, this is a mind-boggling, virtually perfect wine. It displays breath-taking aromas of liquid minerals, creamed hazelnuts, candied chestnuts (marrons glaces), white flowers, anise, and buttered toast that seem to gain in expressiveness and intensity with time. On its utterly extraordinary palate layer upon layer of stones, straw, minerals, grilled bread, and sweet white flowers can be found. Oily, full-bodied, magnificently concentrated, and extracted, this is as complex a wine as I have ever had the honor to pour over my lips and palate. Perfectly balanced and structured for the long haul, this wine also possesses one of the longest and purist finishes I have ever encountered. A winemaking tour de force!" 95 AM An enormous, hugely ripe and stunningly complex nose framed by noticeable warm toast aromas liberally laced with peach and apricot notes give way to rich, thick, almost unctuous flavors undercut by superb minerality and a firm acid backbone. This finishes with almost painful intensity and extraordinary length. This is still very youthful and while I don't think it will catch the Leflaive or the Ramonet for top '95 Montrachet honors, all of these wines have a long way to go and I wouldn't count this wine out of the running just yet.
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99 WA "Attentive and wealthy readers will note that I have revised my original, barrel sample-based score for the Domaine de la Romanee Conti's 1995 Montrachet (a 95-97+ in Issue #110). Simply put, this is a mind-boggling, virtually perfect wine. It displays breath-taking aromas of liquid minerals, creamed hazelnuts, candied chestnuts (marrons glaces), white flowers, anise, and buttered toast that seem to gain in expressiveness and intensity with time. On its utterly extraordinary palate layer upon layer of stones, straw, minerals, grilled bread, and sweet white flowers can be found. Oily, full-bodied, magnificently concentrated, and extracted, this is as complex a wine as I have ever had the honor to pour over my lips and palate. Perfectly balanced and structured for the long haul, this wine also possesses one of the longest and purist finishes I have ever encountered. A winemaking tour de force!" 95 AM An enormous, hugely ripe and stunningly complex nose framed by noticeable warm toast aromas liberally laced with peach and apricot notes give way to rich, thick, almost unctuous flavors undercut by superb minerality and a firm acid backbone. This finishes with almost painful intensity and extraordinary length. This is still very youthful and while I don't think it will catch the Leflaive or the Ramonet for top '95 Montrachet honors, all of these wines have a long way to go and I wouldn't count this wine out of the running just yet.
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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.