Dave Mayers

9.8

Absolute harmony and royalty in a glass. Popped with Goose in a random afternoon cause, why not. Blown away by its place right now. Balanced with richness and acid and then comes that Monty finish. Holy fuck! Not always moves by Leflaive, but the 14 was special. — a year ago

Aaron Tan

9.3

“Perfectly rounded” was what first came to mind when I drank this. Rich and opulent, yet incredibly seamless. Even in its youth, the mealy and creamy vanilla oak character did not feel out of place, especially against the preserve-like fruits ranging from lemons to apricots. Expectedly long with a dense glycerol-like texture, savoury finish, and energising acidity. Not typically a style that I’d rave about, but credit where credit’s due, the concentration, texture, and oak quality were all remarkable. CW even went so far to say that it was Monty-like, and I’m certain he isn’t the first nor last person to make such a claim. However, we too noted that the warmth and lack of verticality in structure was a dead giveaway of its Napa origin. A contemplative wine of great presence at this point, but probably needs another decade or more to be truly digestible. — 2 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.3

I had this recently so I won’t do the full Monty on the notes, but damn this old school Zin is good! — 4 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.6

Tasted blind. Dark gold color, like oil in the glass. Slightly oxidative nose. You can tell this is super ripe just from smelling it. Notes of apricot, stones, mint, warm citrus, wet stones and some coconut. Creamy and heavy in the mouth. Lots of weight. Strikes me as a big bottle from a ripe year and the mint says, Ramonet so I go 92 Monty as my guess. Mixed views on this wine at the table, but I'm a fan. — 2 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.8

The 80 Leroy RB was the groups favorite of the night. The 78 RSV was not the best btl seemed clunky & starting to fall apart. The Monty was served with the cheese course. Amazing lineup of wines tonight! — 3 years ago

Larry Frierson

9.3

First Monty from Pierre Yves. A bit oaky and lacking in depth. 2004 vintage was hard. But still an excellent Montrachet. I don’t see it improving much with age. — 4 years ago

Tyler Martinelli

9.5

Happy Easter y’all!
I celebrated by opening this dandy Gevry! This bottle marks the most I have ever spent on a single bottle ($75).
With the social distancing set in place I (un)fortunately had to drink this one all on my own. I would have rather shared this with others who would also appreciate it…but here we are. I won’t complain about drinking good burgundy all by myself LOL

This wine was extremely funky at first with lots of earthy notes: wet leaves, dirt. The nose became fruitier as it opened up.
The palate was smooth with lovely tart cherries. It lingered on the palate for quite a while.

A nice wine to have on a quarantined holiday and Monty Python & the Holy Grail on tv! — 5 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

10

The second one. Wow. No words. Montrachet. So elegant. So complex. The nose is an 11. smells like old Monty. Grippy and structured. concentrated and elegant. Insane purity. Wow. Long. Astonishing. — 2 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.9

Tasted blind, from magnum. Light to medium gold, heavy in the glass. Wow! nose. Notes of citrus and spearmint, wet stone, lemon creme. Later in the night, some peach, pear, vanilla, iodine and limestone show up with the spearmint constant and pleasant to the nose. Massive acidity. With so much mint, I guess 89 Ramonet BBM (but alas I should have picked up this is the full Monty!). Opened and decanted at noon we're told... at 9pm this was just hitting it's stride. I've had Leflaive Montrachet, Raveneau Clos and Coche CC from great years, and this is right up there in the top white's I've ever had. What a treat!! (M's 60th bday 2nd of 14) — 3 years ago

Charles Mires

9.1

Excellent. Medium body. Plenty bright but a bit thin on fruit. — 5 years ago