Chateau de la Maltroye, Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru, Dent de Chien

Goodness.... it's almost like a 'natural wine'. Complex aromas, old socks are in there, so is some almost burnt ripeness. It's not a blowsy wine, it has well balanced acidity on a medium framework. Quite oily. And flavours that aren't in the white peach or green melon spectrum... something else, perhaps apricot, no that's not quite right. Hmm, a wine to polarise (or just scare) your guests? Drink now... who knows what it might do with cellaring, probably not good. …

great drinking 2012