Montrachet, Domaine Marquis de Laguiche, Drouhin 2010

This is even more primary than the Corton-Charlemagne as here there are vestiges of fermentation aromas that presently still dominate the nose. Otherwise, there is serious size and weight to the big-bodied yet seductively textured, even silky flavors that possess an abundance of mouth coating dry extract. There is a fine minerality to the energetic and quite firmly structured finish that displays genuinely striking persistence. This will require ample cellar time to reach its full apogee.

Medium yellow. Ripe peach and apricot dominate the nose. Fat, sweet and seamless, with an almost exotic fruit quality nicely countered by sound ripe acidity (the finished wine will have about 4.4 g/l acidity). Large-scaled but also subtle and harmonious wine that conveys a strong impression of sweetness. The grape sugars mounted quickly due to millerandage, noted Drouhin. This is a wine of impressive size but I find the Corton-Charlemagne more representative of the 2010 vintage.