I love Ramonet. Fortunately, quite a few restaurants we have dined at over the past couple of months have had Ramonet on their lists at reasonable pricing. I felt it was my duty to road-test the following:
2013 Domaine Ramonet Puligny-Montrachet Les Enseignères: Lovely elegance and finesse. Pure white peach aromas and flavours are tinged with floral spice. The palate is quite rocky and balance and proportion are impeccable. The bottle was just starting to stretch out as we finished it. Magnum format please.
2010 Domaine Ramonet Puligny-Montrachet Les Enseignères: A very fresh and punchy nose of struck match, pure white peach, green melon and white flowers. It is compact and linear in the mouth. There’s great elegance and balance and it is a wine of stony precision. It finishes with great cut and leaves a chalky imprint once swallowed.
2012 Domaine Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Ruchottes: It is Grand Cru quality, rich, powerful and layered. It has the usual Ramonet elegance and the nose shows plenty of struck match reduction. Fruits are all pure white peach., perfectly ripe and sappy. It has a suggestion of spice and whilst acidity is relatively low the wine is energetic.
2008 Domaine Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Ruchottes: Maybe just a little more advanced than it should have been but utterly delicious. Has ripe, rich peach fruit and some mild exotic notes. There’s a dollop of butter and it has excellent depth and volume in the mouth. The finish is carried by the usual, mineral acidity of Ruchottes and it has excellent presence and length.
2014 Jean-Claude Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Boudriotte Blanc: It was all yellow fruits with plenty of mineral and spice. In the mouth there’s nice shape and excellent balance. The finish is quite stony and persistence is good.
2011 Domaine Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Vergers: It had a fine nose of white peach, citrus, white flowers and butter. In the mouth it was compact and linear, with wonderful fruit intensity and a big lick of salty mineral to the finish.
2010 Domaine Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot Blanc: Has some Ramonet spearmint and dense, sappy peach fruit. It is rich and voluminous, with great weight without excess fat. The finish is spicy and long and flecked with mineral.
2014 Jean-Claude Ramonet Bourgogne Blanc: Fruit forward with plenty of ripe peach and melon character. It has good richness for its level and some mineral to the base and finish. Quite spicy and delicious
2014 Jean-Claude Ramonet Bourgogne Rouge: Pretty nose of strawberries, dried flowers and sandalwood. Bright and juicy in the mouth. Some earthy nuance. Plenty of character.