CHASSAGNE MONTRACHET
2021 Marquis de Laguiche 1er Cru Morgeot Joseph Drouhin
Beautifully intense nose of lemon verbena, star fruit, spiced pears, cloves and a touch of cedar. Full-bodied and precise, with fantastic freshness, developing breadth and depth. Phenolic tension at the end. Very long. Try from 2024. Rating: 95 Stuart Pigott, JamesSuckling.com (Aug 2023)
75cl bottles (case of 6)
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(from Le Grand Clos and Vignes Blanches). This is also quite floral in character, which adds a touch of elegance to the aromas of petrol, rosemary oil and citrus confit. The succulent and caressing yet decidedly powerful medium-bodied flavors also conclude in a bone-dry, citrusy and youthfully austere finale. This is also very well-balanced but quite tightly coiled and a wine that is going to need at least some patience. Worth your interest. Drinking range: 2029 - Rating: 91-93 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jun 2023)
Finessed aromas of apricot, peach and tangerine zoom from the glass and are joined by toasted notes and vanilla bean on the palate and long finish. Crystalline acidity frames the satiny mid-palate. This hails from two bits – Les Grands Clos and Vigne Blanche – in the center of Morgeot. Drinking range: 2023 - Rating: 94 *** Christy Canterbury MW - TimAtkin.com (Feb 2023)
The 2021 Chassagne-Montrachet Morgeot 1er Cru (Marquis de Laguiche) has a more complex and engaging bouquet than the preceding Meursault-Perrières with lovely dried flower and light nectarine scents, an underlying mineralité that should develop with bottle age. The palate has plenty of vigour, perfectly-judged acidity with impressive weight on the finish. This just seems to unfurl and it should provide immense pleasure. Drinking range: 2024 - 2038 Rating: 91-93 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Jan 2023)
Domaine Joseph Drouhin
Joseph Drouhin, founded in 1880 and still family owned, are one of the most well-respected names in Burgundy, especially through their flagship wine, the iconic Clos des Mouches.
A huge part of the Drouhin production comes from their own domaine fruit (78 hectares), and much of the rest comes from contracts such as that with the Marquis de Laguiche, who shook hands with the grandfather of the current generation, agreeing to let him manage his vineyards which included an important part of Le Montrachet; this collaboration endures. Today, the fourth generation is at the helm
Small refinements continue to be made here. The presses have been changed - a reversion to basket pressing for the reds, and for whites the presses are open - along with a number of other growers they are following the trend to think that slight oxidation of the juice before fermentation is not a problem and may add complexity as well as avoiding later problems of premature oxidation in bottle.
For the reds there has been the introduction of selective whole-bunch fermentation in the Côte de Nuits wines. The house style remains one that 'emphasises the natural elegance of great Burgundies' as they describe it. The domaine is all cultivated with an organic and biodynamic approach.
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