Winemaker Notes
Complex nose featuring lightly toasted notes that mingle with elegant floral nuances, underpinned by notes of white and yellow-fleshed fruit. Rich and silky on the palate, this wine's volume is perfectly balanced by bold freshness. Its long, highly aromatic finish is reminiscent of brioche.
Taste this wine with finely prepared fish and seafood, or with roasted or stewed white meats and poultry.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This has richness and generosity but also a surprising lightness and vitality on the medium- to full-bodied palate. Think of the ripest pear you ever encountered. Also toasted baguette, candied lemons and butter. A hint of positive bitterness lifts the finish. Matured exclusively in oak casks. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
Known to offer a magical balance of smoothness and freshness, Meursault's quality is hard to rival. The village lies in the middle of Côte de Beaune, just south of Volnay. Meursault is said to mean “mouse’s jump” because in the past the plots producing Pinot Noir and those producing Chardonnay were no more than a mouse’s jump from one another. Today the village is almost exclusively Chardonnay. A tiny bit of Pinot Noir is produced here with the best coming from Les Santenots on its northern side near Volnay.
While there are no Grands Crus, Meursault’s numerous acclaimed Premiers Crus can compete with any other top-notch white Burgundy. Some to know are Les Perrières, Les Genevrières, Les Charmes, Le Poruzot, Les Bouchères and Les Gouttes d’Or.
Meursault produces outstanding village level wines as well. In general great Premiers Crus and even village level Meursault (Chardonnay) have enticing aromas of lime peel, tropical fruit, crushed rocks, spice and hazelnut. On the palate there is a wonderful balance of brightness and a seductive length with flavors of white peach, pineapple and citrus.