2014 Chevalier Montrachet
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The 2014 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru, a 0.15-hectare parcel from Girardin, needed some coaxing from the glass, perhaps yet to find its grand cru feet. The palate is well balanced with a pleasing fatness and weight in the mouth, the oak needing some more time to be assimilated with a smooth, harmonious finish. I'd like to see more mineralité, more of the rocky terroir to come through so that it can rank alongside the best Chevaliers of the vintage.
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Tim Atkin MW
Neal Martin
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The Vougeraie stable has benefited greatly from the purchase of white wine vineyards such as this from Vincent Girardin. Stylistically, this is a half-way house between the Bâtard and the Bienvenues, combining elements of both. Toasty, textured and fine with underlying fruit power. Tasted in 2015, www.timatkin.com, Drink: 2017-2029
The 2014 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru, a 0.15-hectare parcel from Girardin, needed some coaxing from the glass, perhaps yet to find its grand cru feet. The palate is well balanced with a pleasing fatness and weight in the mouth, the oak needing some more time to be assimilated with a smooth, harmonious finish. I'd like to see more mineralite, more of the rocky terroir to come through so that it can rank alongside the best Chevaliers of the vintage. Dec 2015, www.robertparker.com
A background note of wood easily allows the cool, pure and ripe aromas of essence of apple, white flowers, wet stone and jasmine tea to shine. The almost painfully intense and chiseled broad-shouldered flavors reflect the hallmark minerality of a fine Chevalier before culminating in an explosively long and impeccably well-balanced finale. This classy effort is pretty though it doesn't have the complexity that I'm used to seeing even at this early juncture though in fairness, it may develop it with a few years of bottle age. Jun 2017, www.burghound.com, Drink: 2022+
About the producer
Based south of Nuits-Saint-Georges in Prémeaux-Prissey, Domaine de la Vougeraie was created in 1999, grouping all of Jean-Claude Boisset’s holdings under one name. The property has a total 40 hectares of vines, with extensive holdings in Vougeot as well as plots in six Grands Crus.