2017 Chateau de la Maltroye Les Grandes Ruchottes

Quantity Available6 in stock
Vintage2017
VarietalChardonnay
Bottle Size750ml
StyleWhite
CountryFrance
RegionBurgundy
Bottle ConditionNormal

$132.88

6 in stock

Description
2017 Chateau de la Maltroye Les Grandes Ruchottes, Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru, France
WS
(92-94)
WINE SPECTATOR
Bright, light yellow. High-pitched scents of spices and menthol. At once powerful and elegant, with its sappy citrus flavors currently playing second fiddle to terroir-driven crushed-rock minerality. Wonderfully dense and broad, yet the overall impression is one of weightlessness, no doubt owing in part to the relatively low potential alcohol here (12.5%, chaptalized to about 13.3%). This superb expression of soil finishes with outstanding rising length.
BH
91
BURGHOUND
This too is quite pungent with its smoky nose of matchstick and sulfur that largely blocks out the underlying fruit. By contrast there is both lovely freshness and vibrancy to the solidly rich and voluminous medium-bodied flavors that also exude evident minerality on the wonderfully complex and lengthy finish. Assuming that the nose cleans up with a few years of bottle age, this could be first-rate.
Best Pairing
Poultry