2007 Chassagne Montrachet Maltroie
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Pale, green-tinged yellow. High-pitched aromas of green apple, lemon, lime and mint. Juicy and fresh but with modest flesh and intensity. The minty element carries through in the mouth. Finishes slightly dry-edged, with a suggestion of dusty minerality. Fontaine bottled all of his 2007s before the 2008 harvest.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
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Subtle oaky spice. Even a little exotic. Creamy, mealy texture though it is still tight and holding itself back. Long, long mildly smoky finish. Very good. (JH)
Sweet and sleek and flattering. Something rather rewardingly biscuity about this. Big! (JR)
(from 50-year-old vines on redder clay-and-limestone soil) Pale lemon-yellow. Lemon, pepper and herbs on the discreet nose. A step up in flavor intensity from the preceding samples, showing juicy lemon and lime flavors and a vibrant, persistent finish. Along with Caillerets and Criots-Batard-Montrachet, this was the first site harvested in 2007, said Fontaine.