The 2009 Chassagne-Montrachet La Boudriotte is a round, seamless wine graced with generous fruit and a generous, expressive personality. There is plenty of structure in the glass; still I would prefer to drink this on the young side given how forward and flat-out delicious the wine is today. Anticipated maturity: 2013+.
Richard Fontaine began harvesting the 2009s on September 6. The malos were fairly quick and were completed by April 2010. The wines were racked in June and bottled in early September. Perhaps it is inevitable with a total of ten different Chassagne premier crus in the lineup, but in this vintage not all of the wines are markedly different from each other.
Importers: Polaner Selections, Mt. Kisco, NY; tel. (914) 244-0404, Jeffrey Wellburn Selections, Van Nuys, CA; tel. (818) 780-4446