2015 Domaine Jean-Claude Ramonet Chassagne Montrachet La Boudriotte Premier Cru

Arguably the star of the village of Chassagne-Montrachet, Jean-Claude Ramonet is the third generation to have run this truly great estate; carrying on a great reputation, rather than building or re-building. Fruit from vines under 18 years old is excluded from the domaine's cuvées, and yields are severely restricted. The wines are vinified using traditional methods and then aged in oak (33% new) for 12-15 months. The Montrachet is aged in 100% new oak. There is no battonage but there is extended lees contact prior to the first racking.

Other Reviews....
The 2015 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Boudriotte is already quite expressive, revealing a pretty bouquet of spring flowers, white peach and pastry cream—the prelude to an elegant mid-weight wine with an expansive, elegant, textural profile. It wouldn't be a crime to drink this in its youth. The Boudriotte is generally the most open knit and approachable of Ramonet’s Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Crus, typically being bottled in December, while the more serious 1er and Grand Crus spend additional time in barrel.
92 points
William Kelley - Wine Advocate (Feb 2018)

Very pale, bright yellow. High-pitched scents of citrus peel, white flowers and dusty brown spices. Juicy, savory wine with a subtle crystallized lemon sweetness and pliancy to its herb and mint flavors. Sound acidity here but not at all hard, or even particularly tight or backward. I suspect this will drink well early for its sweetness and pliancy but also last. Lovely saline complexity on the firm, long finish.
91 points
Stephen Tanzer - Vinous

The wood treatment is evident without being annoying on the notably ripe, indeed vaguely liqueur-like nose of dark raspberries, pepper, earth and a whiff of violet. There is outstanding richness to the seductively textured, round and velvety medium-bodied flavors that offer excellent depth and persistence. I'm not normally a huge fan of the Ramonet reds as I often find that they lack just a bit of underlying material, not because they are dilute so much as they are expressly vinified to enjoy young. In 2015 however, this has plenty of grip and mid-palate density and should be wine that is enjoyable young, but 10 years from now should be equally agreeable.
92 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound