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Review	Product Name	Vintage	Rating	Date Sort ascending	Favorite
Domaine Xavier Monnot - Vinous	Bourgogne Chardonnay Les Grandes Coutures 2018	2018	84-85	Jan-2020
Review “The 2018 Bourgogne Les Grandes Coutures, matured in 15% new wood, has a pleasant, slightly honeyed bouquet with touches of almond. The palate is quite primal on the entry, delivering fine acidity and light tropical tones toward the finish.”
Domaine Xavier Monnot - Vinous	Monthelie Les Duresses 2018	2018	85-87	Jan-2020
Review “The 2018 Monthélie Les Duresses offers touches of white chocolate on the well-defined, uncomplicated bouquet. The palate is nicely balanced, the 25% new oak neatly integrated and orange zest and light apricot notes appearing toward the finish, which has an appealing fatness. Fine.”
Domaine Xavier Monnot - Vinous	Meursault Le Limozin 2018	2018	87-89	Jan-2020
Review “The 2018 Meursault Le Limozin has an attractive orange blossom and lime cordial bouquet that just needs to muster a little more mineralité. The palate is fresh and vibrant on the entry, with crisp acidity, nice balance and pretty apricot notes toward the finish.”
Domaine Xavier Monnot - Vinous	Maranges Clos de la Fussière 1er Cru 2018	2018	87-89	Jan-2020
Review “The 2018 Maranges Clos de la Fussière 1er Cru is a monopole of the Xavier Monnot, covering just under one hectare on the slope. It has an attractive mulberry and black currant bouquet showing just a touch of reduction, which will disappear by the time of bottling. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly chewy tannins, plenty of red and black fruit and fine definition on the finish. I like the joie-de-vivre on display here.”
Domaine Xavier Monnot - Vinous	Pommard Les Vignots 2018	2018	88-90	Jan-2020
Review “The 2018 Pommard Les Vignots comes from a south-facing parcel planted mainly in the mid-Sixties. It has an attractive bouquet of black plum and raspberry aromas, well defined and quite punchy in style. The medium-bodied palate displays supple tannin and fine acidity. Quite dense at the moment, with a slightly citric and short finish. Allow a year or two for this Pommard to spread its wings.”
Domaine Xavier Monnot - Vinous	Meursault Les Chevalières 2018	2018	88-90	Jan-2020
Review “The 2018 Meursault Les Chevalières has a fresh, perfumed bouquet with orange blossom, hints of fresh pear and nectarine. The palate is well balanced on the fresh opening, and nicely balanced, revealing hints of lychee on the quite saline finish.”
Domaine Xavier Monnot - Vinous	Meursault Les Chevalières 1998	1998	88	Jan-2020
Review “The 1998 Meursault Les Chevalières has a distinctive honeyed, brioche and green olive bouquet, quite rich and maybe with a little botrytis; it is not unlike a mature Riesling. The palate is low in acidity with dried honey and honeycomb notes, perhaps evoking a mature Spätlese, and a spicy finish.”
Domaine Xavier Monnot - Vinous	Beaune Les Cents Vignes 1er Cru 2018	2018	89-91	Jan-2020
Review “The 2018 Beaune Les Cent-Vignes 1er Cru offers attractive raspberry, briar and undergrowth aromas on the nose, which is nicely defined with a palpable sense of energy. The medium-bodied palate offers supple tannins and fine acidity. Quite pure in style with a touch of piquancy on the finish. Recommended.”
Domaine Xavier Monnot - Vinous	Volnay Clos des Chênes 1er Cru - 2018	2018	89-91	Jan-2020
Review “The 2018 Volnay Clos des Chênes 1er Cru offers a mixture of red and black fruit, veins of blue fruit and lovely floral notes coming through with aeration, and the oak is nicely integrated. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly chalky tannins that frame the black currant and bilberry fruit. A dense Volnay with an attractive sappy finish.”
Domaine Xavier Monnot - Vinous	Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 1er Cru 2018	2018	89-91	Jan-2020
Review “The 2018 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 1er Cru comes from a single parcel in the middle of the vineyard next to Jean-Michel Chartron. It has an elegant bouquet of orange blossom, nectarine and light praline aromas that blossom in the glass. The palate is fresh and quite saline on the entry, offering notes of orange peel and tangerine and delivering modest weight in the mouth and good length. It just needs a little more mineral tension on the finish.”

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