Very dense candied citrus and apricot character is wrapped around a huge structure on the very concentrated and compact, full-bodied palate. There's also a terrific mineral freshness that gives this great vitality. Staggeringly long, driving finish that's so fresh. This surely has a long life ahead of it. Drinkable now, but best from 2026. (Stuart Pigott,  June 2024)

Wonderfully expansive and superbly rich full-bodied flavors drench the palate in dry extract that also helps to buffer the very firm lemon-tinged acid spine supporting the strikingly long and powerful finale. (Allen Meadows, USA, June 2024)

There's a grandeur about this white, with a creamy texture wrapped around flavors of peach, hazelnut and white flowers.  A beautifully balanced version, offering sneaky length and complexity.  (Bruce Sanderson, May 2024, USA)

Such a complex and smoky nose of burnt sage, smoked almonds, flint, sourdough, white pepper and dried apples. Full-bodied, flinty and mineral on the palate. Savory in quality, with some tannic bite and a firm finish that even feels austere for now. Serious white. Try from 2026.

Opulent in style, this white's texture borders on oily, with flavors suggesting sweet corn, lemon oil, peach, citronella, vanilla and hazelnut.
Firms up as this evolves toward the lingering aftertaste, remaining long and complex. Still, this needs a bit more age to hit its stride.
Best from 2025 through 2038. From France. - B.S.

If you are looking for the ultimate in white Burgundy, here is one of your serious options. Montrachet is all about restrained richness and finesse, which is exactly what makes this wine stand out. So graceful, in spite of the imposing concentration. Long, very silky and refined finish. Drink or hold.

Moderate reduction and wood render the nose.
More intriguing are the dense, serious and palate
staining larger-bodied flavors that deliver
excellent length on the powerful and muscular if
noticeably warm finish where the wood treatment
resurfaces. This is quite backward and tightly
wound and a wine that will like need all of 10 to
12 years to reveal its full potential. 2030+

This white starts out lushly textured and broad in profile, setting the stage for ripe peach, lemon oil, citronella, stone and earth flavors. Turns more precise, superdry and chalky on the long finish. Best from 2023 through 2032. - B.S.

So grand and so refined, this is a breathtakingly beautiful white Burgundy that lives up to the reputation of this legendary site, which is certainly not always the case! So creamy and silky, yet so precise on the expansive but precisely proportioned palate. Very long, super supple and delicate finish that just doesn't want to stop. Drink or hold.

A magnificent white with such great depth of fruit and super intensity, showing flint, stone, nutmeg, thyme and light lemon rind. It's so full with deep, deep depth that brings you down through the wine. Lasts for minutes. Needs at least four or five years to show what its full potential. Drink after 2024.

There is a nutty hint to the smoky mix of petrol, apple, dried apricot and white peach aromas that are trimmed in just enough wood to notice. I very much like the sense of underlying tension to the caressing, exceptionally rich and generously proportioned big-bodied flavors that exude a subtle minerality on the moderately structured and sneaky long finish.

Pale lemon-gold. Admirable aromatic restraint, at once enigmatic and enticing, seeming very much itself, so completely does it represent the peronalities and qualities of its surrounding grand cru satellites. Very gentle and graceful on the palate; the intensity and subtle minerality are there but it is all so gradually revealed, and it shows its pedigree most persuasively on the finish, where all that detracts very slightly is the warmth of the year. (Neil Beckett, cask sample)

Hmm - there is power and freshness - acacia complexity. Full, concentrated. Layered, practically oily but with a very good balance. The finish is a tour de force of complexity. This is long. 

The 2017 Montrachet Grand Cru unfurls in the glass with notes of ripe, smoky orchard fruit, mandarin and a generous framing of classy new oak. On the palate, it's full-bodied, broad and layered, with good depth and structuring extract that frames its ripe, gourmand core of fruit, concluding with a saline finish. (cask sample)   

That's big, some reductive pineapple, a big volume of flavour that persists after swallowing. Really quite something...

This has broad shoulders, enough to put up with the slightly sweet oak. There are many layers of flavours across the palate(tasted prior to bottling).

The 2016 Montrachet Grand Cru is showing nicely from bottle, unfurling in the glass with aromas of crisp pear, lime zest, subtle citrus blossom and toasted nuts. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, unctuous and saline, with a textural attack but tangy balancing acids and a long, lingering finish. The frost impact lends this Montrachet a slightly atypical equilibrium, but it's a definite success for Latour.

A rich, intense white, with a creamy texture enveloping the peach, citronella, butter, smoke and mineral flavors. Balanced and long, yet approachable now.

This opulent, powerful wine has weight, richness and a beautiful creamy texture. It's built to age, from its wood aging to its minerality. Concentrated, it offers yellow fruits shot through with acidity. From the grandest Chardonnay vineyard in Burgundy, it will age well. (USA)

Lean and focused, offering lime blossom, acacia, lemon cake, citronella and chalk flavors. Reserved and a little austere on the finish, not a bad sign for a quality young white Burgundy. Overall, this shows fine integration and potential. (USA)

(100% from the Puligny side). A mild touch of exoticism can be found on the citrus and brioche-inflected pear and apple aromas. Once again, the medium-bodied flavors are not particularly dense or powerful but they are admirably finely textured on the superbly complex and lingering finish that is also relatively clean and dry. This too should amply reward moderately extended cellaring. (91-94)/2025+

If you love this wine - and can afford to buy it - take note that there won't be much of it in  2016, following the heavy frosts. But there are 13 barrels of this. Fermented entirely in new oak, it's a rich, textured, powerful wine that's dense, complete and smoky, with a sense of more to give in bottle as it ages. 2019-27. (UK)

This beautiful, rich wine has yellow fruits and is concentrated, tightly textured and conveys a ripe character. The touches of wood are just right, adding spice to the opulent fruitiness. A mineral texture gives some tightness to the aftertaste. Drink from 2024.  

Rich, with vibrant acidity driving the lemon cake , peach and spice flavors. Harmonious and long, showing buttered pastry details and leaving a mouthwatering impression on the finish. Best from 2019 through 2032.

Other than a discreet application of wood, this is aromatically all but mute as the nose is pungently reduced. There is terrific mid-palate density and superb power with knock-out intensity to the large-scaled flavors that deliver strikingly good depth and length on the notably dry finish.

One of an impressive array of white wines from Louis Latour in 2014, this comes from a 0.5 hectare parcel on stony, brown soils. Poised and stylish, it's weighty, mineral and very long on the palate, with a sense of something in reserve. Pure and focused. 2020 - 30 (UK)

Latour's Montrachet comes from the Chassagne side. It features aromas of lanolin, lemon oil, vanilla, honey and peach compote married to a rich, full, powerful profile and almost oily texture. It's another dimension, with a fine, intense finish. By Bruce Sanderson (USA)

This nose starts tight but opens quickly with laser-precise top notes of agrume but not just the mix, the individual fruits - it goes deep and high but has more limited width. Medium width on the palate but like the nose there's a certain focus to the flavour that runs with ever-more intensity through the core of the wine. Bigger and brighter in the finish, individual fruits again and I'm not sure when the flavour will stop, but another wine is coming.... (cask sample) By Bill Nanson (UK)

Slightly candied lemon and apple fruit match with butterscotch and stony, saline elements. Lush and smooth, with the spice and mineral accents playing out on the finish. Gets better with air, so give this a few years of aging. Best from 2018 through 2028.