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Neal Martin

Vinous

The 2015 Chevalier-Montrachet Les Demoiselles Grand Cru has an understated bouquet of attractive apple blossom and light white chocolate scents but needs more intensity and clarity. The palate is well balanced with a fine line of acidity, and heavier in the mouth than its peers. A tang of citrus peel, marmalade and quince emerges toward the finish, which fans out with style. This has more to give, so allow it four or five years in bottle. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting. (DIAM closure) 05/2018

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Stephen Tanzer

Vinous

Pale, bright yellow. Pure but very restrained aromas of pineapple and lemon oil. Very ripe but light on its feet, conveying excellent lift and definition to its flavors of white peach, lemon and dusty stone. Offers outstanding purity and cut without any weight, not to mention alcoholic harshness. This utterly seamless, silky wine was shy and tight from the beginning and is still a baby. But despite its early austerity, it nicely showcases its balance and energy already. I'm not sure I would easily have identified the vintage as 2015. 06/2017

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Jasper Morris

Inside Burgundy

Pale colour, classy nose though oak is to the fore. Very rich weight exuberant oak but it doesn’t kill the fruit. It’s a bit too loose perhaps against the very best. Slight bitterness. Some query if it is clean, but it is under DIAM. Not scored by the group as a whole. DIAM GC. Tasted Sep 2018.

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William Kelley

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

Tasted blind, the 2015 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru Demoiselles performed extremely well, offering up a reserved bouquet of white flowers, preserved citrus, toasted nuts and oak vanillin. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, powerful and very concentrated, with a deep, multidimensional mid-palate, racy acids and a long, saline finish. This is carrying quite an overt framing of new wood, but it's a seriously structured and beautifully balanced Chevalier-Montrachet that will warmly reward patience. It's bottled under Diam 30. 10/2018