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Montrachet

American  
[mohn-truh-shey, mon-, mawn-ra-she] / ˌmoʊn trəˈʃeɪ, ˌmɒn-, mɔ̃ raˈʃɛ /
  1. a full-bodied dry white wine from the Montrachet vineyard in Burgundy.


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His choice of a 2022 Domaine Leflaive Batard Montrachet is the first white wine he has ever liked, while the red, a 1990 Chateau Lafite Rothschild from Pauillac in Bordeaux, is particularly poignant.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Garten also likes to serve a Morgon and for white wine options, she suggests a Meursault or Montrachet.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2025

When I mentioned this to winemaker Véronique Drouhin, she said, “People seeking a great white who can’t afford Montrachet will always have incredible pleasure with this premier cru.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

La Paulée de Meursault continued annually through the decades into the 1980s and ’90s, when Mr. Johnnes and Mr. Nieporent initiated a series of wine dinners at Montrachet.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2020

The remaining species is a white grape known as the épinette, a variety of the pineau blanc, and supposed by some to be identical with the chardonnet of Burgundy, which yields the famous wine of Montrachet.

From Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Vizetelly, Henry