2017 Chassagne Montrachet La Romanee
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The 2017 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Romanée is brilliant, offering up a complex bouquet of mandarin, ripe pears and peaches mingled with almond paste, fresh pastry and nutmeg. Full-bodied, satiny and enveloping, it's multidimensional and complete, with a layered core, considerable concentration and a long, chalky finish. This is a touch more dramatic and extrovert than this year's Caillerets, but the two wines are of very similar ultimate quality.
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Neal Martin
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The 2017 Chassagne-Montrachet La Romanée 1er Cru has an intriguing, complex bouquet of orange zest, honeysuckle and powdered granite aromas – just outstanding in every way. The palate is very well balanced with a fine bead of acidity that cuts through intense citrus fruit laced with walnut and hazelnut. There is great depth on the finish, but you can tell that it has a lot more to give. Wonderful salinity on the aftertaste. Outstanding.
The 2017 Chassagne-Montrachet La Romanée 1er Cru has the most intense bouquet from Lamy’s range, scents of orange zest, white peach and paw-paw. The palate is well balanced with a slightly honeyed opening and a fine thread of acidity. However, I just seek a little more substance on the final one-third of the wine that misses the tension of the Les Caillerets.