Domaine Ramonet Bourgogne Blanc 2016

Domaine Ramonet is one of the finest producers in Burgundy, known for the Chardonnay from Chassagne Montrachet village to Montrachet Grand Cru. Domaine Ramonet has been producing consistently high quality Chardonnay in Chassagne Montrachet for 3 generations, it is difficult to talk about Chassagne Montrachet without mentioning Ramonet.

Pierre Ramonet came to Burgundy in the late 1920s with nothing more than a knapsack, he started off buying grapes and vinifying them, then later buying his first vineyard in the 1930s. Domaine Ramonet gained a lot of attention very soon after bottling his first wines in his estate. Clive Cotes even wrote ‘Ramonet in white is the equivalent of Henri Jayer or the DRC in red’. By 1950s, Pierre has acquired a handsome holding of Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyards in the Montrachet hill. Amusingly, when Pierre Ramonet has saved enough money in the 1978 and decided to buy a plot in the mighty Montrachet vineyard, he went to the lawyer’s office in Beaune and paid in a thick wad of cash.

Country: France

創業於1920年代晚期的 Ramonet是 Chassagne 村莊的頭號代表酒莊，紅白酒皆產，尤其是所生產的各款 Chassagne-Montrachet 白酒，被公認是該產區中的佼佼者，一系列的一級園，更是呈現不同 terroir 的極致之作。1983 年第三代 Noel 和 Jean-Claude 兩兄弟接管酒廠，兩人分工合作下延續家族的光榮成績並加以發揚光大。

Pierre Ramonet於8歲的時候已經離開的校園，幫助他的父親於葡萄園工作。他於1920-1930年代，已經開始收購Chassagne-Montrachet和Les Ruchottes地區的葡萄園。Domaine Ramonet被稱為Burgundy上等白葡萄莊園，Pierre Ramonet更是當中的傳奇。Domaine Ramonet的白葡萄酒曾於1995年，於紐約的Montrachet Restaurant進行品酒會和Wine Pairing晚餐。當其時每位都想一嚐這個世界聞名酒莊的出品。是次的酒會門票，被超額認購十幾倍。

每位的收藏家都認為必須擁有Domaine Ramonet的Chardonnay白酒。在過往的拍賣會上，曾出現過無法估算的天文數字。Pierre Ramonet被稱為釀酒的天才。他的熱誠和苦幹，令到Domaine Ramonet成為Chardonnay的代名詞。

Pierre Ramonet於90年代中期過世，酒莊便由他的孫子Noël Ramonet 和 Jean-Claude Ramonet所繼承。兩位繼承者堅決要保持酒莊的名聲。Domaine Ramonet的白酒，除了帶出精彩的Chardonnay香氣之外，亦擁有一陣陣檸檬和柑橘的新鮮。Domaine Ramonet的出品的白葡萄酒純正優雅，充滿均衡感。當其他的酒愈變失色的時間，Domaine Ramonet酒莊的酒依然清新如故，不枉受世界的追捧。

Ramonet 的風格多礦石和煙硝味，同時還具備有特殊神秘的香氣，集中強有力，酸度也足，較可陳年。