Columns — Batard Montrachet

The legendary Domaine Ramonet, founded by Pierre Ramonet in the 1920s, remains outstanding to this day. Its wines were the first white wines from Burgundy to be bottled at the domaine and exported to the USA – a fact William Kelley mentions in his essay.

Puligny and Chassagne grands crus in one night: PYCM, Ramonet, Leflaive, Drouhin, Prieur and Dugat‑Py at the very summit of white Burgundy. It was yet another walk to the Roof of the World. It is hard to imagine a more complex wine than Chardonnay grown on just 32.88 hectares within the borders of two villages, Puligny and Chassagne. That is precisely the combined surface of Montrachet, Chevalier-Montrachet, Bâtard-Montrachet, Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet and Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet – a true hotspot for every Burgundy wine fan and, for us this evening, the place to once again enjoy some of the greatest white wines on Earth...