TN: 2010 Domaine Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot

[Jeremy Holmes]

• 2010 Domaine Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru (2/6/2019)
  There's struck match and perfectly ripe white peach on the nose. With a bit of air you get plenty of spice and the Ramonet telltale spearmint. It is full and generous in the mouth but also a wine of great balance and elegance. It builds through the palate, possessing good volume and showing a hint of lavender and apricot (perhaps botrytis that shows in many '10's?). A delicious wine that is drinking at the top of its game.

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[alan weinberg]

the grand crus from Ramonet are now out of my reach but with wines like this, I’m ok with it.

[James Billy]

Isn't the spearmint telltale Chassagne?

[James Billy]

Nice note. Isn't the spearmint telltale Chassagne?

[dcornutt]

Nice note. Isn't the spearmint telltale Chassagne?

I heard this has to do with the filter that Ramonet uses. Anyone know?

[alan weinberg]

Nice note. Isn't the spearmint telltale Chassagne?

I heard this has to do with the filter that Ramonet uses. Anyone know?

that’s the same story I heard/read. Rarely get it in other wines.

[William Kelley]

Nice note. Isn't the spearmint telltale Chassagne?

I heard this has to do with the filter that Ramonet uses. Anyone know?

that’s the same story I heard/read. Rarely get it in other wines.

I have heard it alleged that it's the particular fining agent they use.

To me, it seems more likely to be related to barrel choices and cellar microflora, in so far as it continues to be a feature of the wines.

[Jeremy Holmes]

Always assumed it was derived from the barrel.

[Jayson Cohen]

Always heard fining agent. Bentonite binds to terpenes, which one would think would reduce mint-like aromatics. But the chemistry may be more complicated. In any case it’s certainly possible it’s caused by the fining agent(s).

[alan weinberg]

per Remington Norman, Ramonet fines w casein and bentonite, then does a light plate filtration.

[William Kelley]

per Remington Norman, Ramonet fines w casein and bentonite, then does a light plate filtration.

Right, which is not especially unusual... And not necessarily systematic, either.

They are quite attentive to cooperage choices, but several of the coopers they use today didn't even exist when the reputation for "mintiness" was already established.

[m. ristev]

anyone try the 11 morgeot recently?