Producer note: Pierre Ramonet arrived in Burgundy in the late 1920s and chose to earn money by buying and vinifying grapes. Land values were low at the time and he began to accumulate vineyard plots, with his first purchase within the Ruchottes vineyard in 1934. In 1978, his crowning achievement was the purchase of a .26 ha plot of Montrachet on the Puligny side, one of only 4 owners on that side of the Chassagne-Puligny divide. He passed the reins to his son André, who died in 2011, and subsequently to his grandchildren, Noël and Jean-Claude. With the 2014 vintages, the name changed from Domaine Ramonet to Domaine Jean-Claude Ramonet as Noël chose to lease his vineyards to his brother. Note that all of the wines reviewed above were bottled under natural cork. (Terlato Wines International, www.terlatowines.com, IL, USA; Corney & Barrow, www.corneyandbarrow.com, Farr Vintners, www.farrvintners.com, O.W. Loeb, www.owloeb.com, La Réserve and Howard Ripley, www.howardripley.com, all UK).
Tasting note: There is a background hint of reduction though it's not enough to blur the nuances of the pretty and elegant floral, citrus and white fleshed fruit aromas that are trimmed in discreet if still perceptible oak. Here too the mouthfeel of the slightly bigger-bodied flavors is quite sleek with both good detail and minerality on the balanced, compact and impressively long finale. This is lovely and wine that should amply repay extended keeping. I would add that, much like the Morgeot, this could actually be enjoyed young or cellared for a decade plus. One difference though between this and the Morgeot is that the wood treatment here is decidedly more subtle.
