Professionele reviews
Robert Parker (96)
The 2019 Montrachet Grand Cru is a broad, dramatic wine, bursting with aromas of honeyed pears, orange oil, buttered toast, fresh mint, peaches and even tropical fruits. Full-bodied, thick and unctuous, it's ripe and textural, with a fleshy core of fruit, lively acids and a long, expansive finish. Readers might want to think of this powerful, broad-shouldered wine as a modern-day version of the 1989.
Vinous (94)
The 2019 Montrachet Grand Cru is a very pretty wine. Orchard fruit, tangerine peel, crushed flowers and mint open effortlessly in a creamy, open-knit Montrachet that will drink well with minimal cellaring. My favorite DRC Montrachets are those that have a strong voice. I think about the mineral-drenched drive of vintages like 1996, 2010 or 2014, or more opulent years like 1995 or 2008 that are marked by strong botrytis character. These are wines you taste once and remember for the rest of your life. The 2019 is attractive and delicious, but without the visceral thrill of the very best years.
Jasper Morris (98)
The Montrachet was bottled earlier than the Corton-Charlemagne as it completed its various fermentations more quickly. A glowing pale lemon yellow colour. The nose is almost opaque but seems very successful after the 2018. All in white fruit, no evident oak. Now the weight and the nobility start to show. The 2019 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Montrachet displays a vast coating of succulent white fruit: we do have pears, we don’t have peaches, though there is just a touch of sunshine at the finish, a little touch of bacon fat. The acidity is beautifully integrated and this is spectacularly long. There is much more to be delivered later.
