Winery Joseph Drouhin - Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche

Winery Joseph Drouhin Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche

4.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the world.
The Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche of Winery Joseph Drouhin is a white wine from the region of Montrachet Grand Cru in Burgundy.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Chardonnay.
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mild and soft cheese.
The Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche of the Winery Joseph Drouhin is in the top 40 of wines of France and in the top 20 of wines of Montrachet Grand Cru.

Taste structure of the Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche from the Winery Joseph Drouhin

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche of Winery Joseph Drouhin in the region of Burgundy is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

butter, oak

Wine with earth taste

honey, stone

Wine with microbio taste

cream, oil

Wine with vegetal taste

straw

Wine with floral taste

honeysuckle, acacia

On the nose the Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche of Winery Joseph Drouhin in the region of Burgundy often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, non oak or nutty and sometimes also flavors of honey, hazelnut or melon.

Details and technical informations about Winery Joseph Drouhin's Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche.

Winemaker
Joseph Drouhin
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Last vintages of this wine

Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche - 2017
In the top 20 of of Montrachet Grand Cru wines
Average rating: 4.9 1 1 1 1 1
Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche - 2016
In the top 20 of of Montrachet Grand Cru wines
Average rating: 4.5 1 1 1 1 0.5
Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche - 2015
In the top 20 of of Montrachet Grand Cru wines
Average rating: 4.7 1 1 1 1 0.5
Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche - 2014
In the top 20 of of Montrachet Grand Cru wines
Average rating: 4.7 1 1 1 1 0.5
Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche - 2013
In the top 20 of of Montrachet Grand Cru wines
Average rating: 4.7 1 1 1 1 0.5
Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche - 2012
In the top 20 of of Montrachet Grand Cru wines
Average rating: 4.3 1 1 1 1 0
Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche - 2011
In the top 20 of of Montrachet Grand Cru wines
Average rating: 4.7 1 1 1 1 0.5

The best vintages of Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche from Winery Joseph Drouhin are 2017, 2002, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

Informations about the Winery Joseph Drouhin

The winery offers 196 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Montrachet Grand Cru in the region of Burgundy
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The Winery Joseph Drouhin is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 182 wines for sale in the of Montrachet Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Burgundy
In the top 45 of of France wines
In the top 25 of of Montrachet Grand Cru wines
In the top 15 of white wines
In the top 250 wines of the world

The wine region of Burgundy

Bourgogne is the catch-all regional appellation title of the Burgundy wine region in eastern France ("Bourgogne" is the French name for Burgundy). Burgundy has a Complex and comprehensive appellation system; counting Premier Cru and Grand Cru titles, the region has over 700 appellation titles for its wines. Thus, Burgundy wines often come from one Vineyard (or several separate vineyards) without an appellation title specific to the region, Village or even vineyard. A standard Burgundy wine may be made from grapes grown in one or more of Burgundy's 300 communes.


The wine region of Côte de Beaune

The Côte de France/Burgundy/cote-de-beaune/beaune">Beaune is a key wine region in Burgundy, eastern France. It owes its name to its main town, Beaune - the epicentre of local wine production and trade. Renowned for producing some of the world's most expensive white wines (most of which bear the name Montrachet in one form or another), the region also produces a handful of Burgundy's finest red wines, including those from the premier crus Pommard and grand cru Corton. As with most Burgundy wines, the white wines are made from Hardonnay">Chardonnay, the reds from Pinot Noir.

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The word of the wine: Primeur (wine)

A wine made to be drunk very young, bottled and marketed very soon after fermentation (about two months). Syn.: new.

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