2009 Le Montrachet

(racked the day before my visit): Good medium yellow. Ripe pineapple and tangy peach on the nose, complicated by white flowers. Sweet, dense and built like a rock; an enormous and powerful wine that's almost bitter today. Crushed rock and saline elements give the finish a chewy, tannic quality that reminded me of a red wine. Nadine Gublin compares this wine to the 1999 in its density and richness. But monolithic and very hard to assess today.