Wine Advocate June, 2003 Ramonet’s toasted oak-scented 2001 Montrachet is light to medium-bodied, broad, pure, deep, and focused. Its flavor profile is composed of earth, gravel, almonds, hazelnuts, quartz, and limestone. Youthfully lean, it will most certainly gain weight during elevage. Projected maturity: 2005-2014. Tasting note: A fantastically complex nose explodes from the glass immediately and requires almost no coaxing to reveal a simply marvelous breadth of aromas, from white flower to honeysuckle to ripe orchard notes to spice elements combine to deliver a genuinely stunning aromatic kaleidoscope. The palate impact does justice to the nose with superb depth and remarkable density by any standard but especially in the context of the vintage as the sap completely coats and stains the palate. While this is clearly very young, there is less tension here than in the Bâtard at the moment though the balance and length are so good that this will require at least 7 to 8 years to really begin to deliver the promise that the underlying raw materials already so brilliantly hint at. A great effort by any measure. (97)
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