2020 Chateau de la Maltroye, Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru, Les Grandes Ruchottes, France 750ml

2020 Chateau de la Maltroye, Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru, Les Grandes Ruchottes, France 750ml

$145.00
$170.00
Vintage
Grape/Blend
Pairing
Chicken and Turkey
Standard Bottle (750 mL) 0 units available

 

Tasting notes

This is sufficiently reduced to push what appears to be ripe fruit to the background. Otherwise, there is excellent energy and freshness on the palate of the equally rich and lavishly generous flavors that also stain the mouth with sappy dry extract that also deliver superb length on the balanced finale. This also needs better depth but the aging track record of this wine all but guarantees that more complexity will progressively develop. In a word, excellent. 93/2028+

This is sufficiently reduced to push what appears to be ripe fruit to the background. Otherwise, there is excellent energy and freshness on the palate of the equally rich and lavishly generous flavors that also stain the mouth with sappy dry extract that also deliver superb length on the balanced finale. This also needs better depth but the aging track record of this wine all but guarantees that more complexity will progressively develop. In a word, excellent. 93/2028+

Producer

Chateau de la Maltroye

We have an outstanding selection of Chateau de la Maltroye wines arriving direct from the domaine. Situated in Chassagne-Montrachet in the south of the Cote d'Or, Chateau de la Maltroye has been a family property since 1939. It is easily recognizable by its 18th century, glazed tile roof. The vineyard encompasses over 32 acres in Chassagne-Montrachet and 5 acres in Santenay. Jean-Pierre Cornut, the current wine-grower, has magnificently reinvigorated this domain which now produces some of the best Chassagne-Montrachet on the market. Indeed, the whites made by Jean-Pierre are vibrant, intense ...