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Post Subject: DRC Montrachet, etcPosted by de charlus on: 8/9/2013

Ah yes, how could I have forgotten Montrachet DRC? Also totally spectacular stuff, right up there with Lafon, Leflaive and Lucien Le Moine. Actually, when requiring an excellent white Burgundy and not feeling like spending $700 per bottle, and having overdosed on Lafon Meursaults, Coche Dury Corton-Charlemagnes and Sauzet and Ramonet Batard-, Chevalier- and Criots-Batard-Montrachets, I like to go for the expression of the Burgundian terroir in pure, unoaked style, meaning the Chablis of Raveneau and Dauvissat. The pure, tingling, mineral intensity of these almost elemental Chardonnays can be really breathtaking, and they're not very expensive either; from Dauvissat the Grand Cru Le Clos is the one to go for, and from Raveneau the 1er Cru Montee de Tonnerre is it - you won't look as cool at your dinner party as if you'd served something ending in -Montrachet, but you will certainly surprise people, and enjoy a delicious bottle of wine.
Much as I enjoyed the joke, there does in fact exist a photograph of me stumbling around my drawing room, wearing a Santa Claus hat and slugging from a magnum of Taylor '63; it was great, although I did miss out Xmas day and half of Boxing Day, but then, given that my objectionable then in-laws were present, unconsciousness was not only the better part of valor, but a concise statement of my respects.
As for Las Cases vs Barton, I find that both are enjoyable, but the former to be more subtle, complex and less monolithic. The Barton is a little more obvious, IMHO, but considering its heavy Cabernet Sauvignon content vs Las Cases, this is not surprising; it does give it considerable structure and good aging potential, but not with the same grace as Las Cases. In short, I believe that the Las Cases, given its aristocratic grace and suppleness, merits inclusion among the 1st Growths in some vintages, whilst in my opinion the same can only be said for Leoville Barton in a couple of instances.
It is good that Parker acknowledges that he doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to Burgundy, but this just makes the fact that people still follow his pronouncements religiously even more irritating. Oh, and whilst on the subject of "jammy" Brunello, have you tried Fattoria Poggia Di Sotto recently? Fix Bayonets! Really, the only things that Parker hasn't managed to bugger up are the things that were Parker-y anyway to an extent, like Quintarelli Amarone; these he just made much more expensive, which is just great, thank you very much.

de Charlus

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