2015 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, DRC, Montrachet Grand Cru, Bottle (750ml)

AG97 (Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Montrachet Grand Cru White) The 2015 Montrachet Grand Cru is exquisite. Bright and beautifully focused, the 2015 is immediately captivating. It is also very young, with just the first signs of early maturity coming through in the aromas and flavors. Lemon peel, white flowers, almonds and crushed rocks all grace the palate. For a wine that is nearly ten years old, the 2015 Montrachet is in fine, fine shape. This is a great bottle. (Drink between 2024-2034) RP96+ "The 2015 Montrachet Grand Cru is still predictably youthful, unfurling in the glass with aromas of crisp Anjou pear, buttered citrus, tangerine oil and a prominent framing of very classy new oak. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, multidimensional and concentrated, both satiny and textural without being remotely unctuous, and underpinned by succulent, even tangy acids. At this stage, where the wine really shows its pedigree is in its extraordinarily long, oak-inflected finish. Given the vintage, one might have expected more ripeness and drama, but the domaine is picking its Montrachet a bit earlier these days, and that has done it no harm at all in 2015. It would be interesting to taste this wine alongside Ramonet's example, which is both more textural and less overtly oaky, but my sense is that the two are on the same qualitative level in their very different styles." WK for WA Oct 2018