WTN: Remoissenet Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru "Morgeot" 2004

My first hit-out with this particular label and compared to this maker's disappointing overtly oaky and under-fruited Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru "La Garenne" from 2004 (80 points) reviewed recently, this Chassagne tells a somewhat different story.

Holds an attractive light lemon gold hue with an impressive gleam and like the Garenne delivers a seductive nose redolent with first-class oak usage - oatmeal, grilled nuts and wood spice but with some subtle melon and apply fruit lurking underneath. In the mouth the wine holds a wonderful line with similarly-etched fruit and oak singing in harmony, good acidity, a somewhat mellow, creamy texture mid-palate and a persistent, quite grippy finish. No world-beater but certainly a very good effort and should last for 3-5 years, possibly longer. 87 points.

[David M. Bueker]

IInterestingly I think this is where Pierre Antoine Rovani has gone for employment since he left The Wine Advocate.

Take this with a huge grain of salt (becasue its old info).

I had a friend who worked for BLM/Classic Wine Imports in the 80s and 90s and I tasted tons of Remoissenet stuff back then and I thought it was all very unexciting stuff. I've avoided Remoissenet since then.

Tom T.

[David M. Bueker]

That's pretty much how it was Tom, but Remoissenet is trying to re-make itself these days.