Domaine Ramonet’s Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is one of the most sought-after and rarely available white wines in Burgundy, produced from a carefully tended parcel in this 11.86-hectare Grand Cru and representing the absolute pinnacle of the domaine’s already extraordinary portfolio of Grand Cru white wines. Bâtard-Montrachet, which straddles the communal boundary between Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet, produces Chardonnay of exceptional richness, texture and mineral depth from its clay-rich limestone soils at the foot of the Montrachet slope, combining the Grand Cru’s inherent weight and breadth with the mineral precision and ageing potential of the finest Côte de Beaune limestone. Ramonet’s parcels in Bâtard-Montrachet, among the estate’s most historically significant holdings, are farmed with the meticulous care and organic farming commitment that applies across the entire domaine, and the wines produced from them are consistently regarded as among the finest Bâtard-Montrachet produced by any producer.

The 2022 Bâtard-Montrachet vintage was warm and produced wines of exceptional concentration and aromatic richness, with the Grand Cru’s naturally fuller and more textured style particularly well served by a vintage of this character. Ramonet’s restrained new oak philosophy, extended lees ageing and natural fermentation approach will have allowed the 2022’s concentration and richness to express itself within the framework of the site’s inherent mineral structure, producing a wine of considerable breadth alongside the mineral precision and linear depth that the finest Bâtard-Montrachet consistently provides when the vintage and the producer combine with this vineyard’s extraordinary potential.

Ramonet Bâtard-Montrachet is among the most difficult and most desirable white Burgundy acquisitions in existence. The domaine’s allocation is extremely tight, and its wines appear on the open market at prices that reflect decades of consistent Grand Cru excellence and the rarity of any open-market appearance. For collectors who have secured an allocation of the 2022, this is among the finest white wine investments available from the entire Côte de Beaune.

Deep gold with an extraordinarily rich and complex nose of ripe peach, lemon cream, toasted hazelnut, butter, white flowers, mineral chalk and the weight and texture of Bâtard-Montrachet’s Grand Cru clay-limestone terroir. Full-bodied with exceptional concentration, excellent natural freshness from the Ramonet approach and a very long, layered, complex finish of Grand Cru breadth. Best from 2026 through 2048.