Domaine Ramonet-Prudhon is a white

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producer growing

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grapes in the Grand Cru vineyard of Batard-Montrachet in

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. Steven Spurrier selected the Batard-Montrachet Ramonet-Prudhon 1973 for the historic

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, in which it was ranked seventh among ten French and

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s. The wine also competed in the

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held in 1980.

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