Winemaker Notes
Intense bouquet of fruit and flowers combined with a delicate mineral hint. Rich and subtle wine with good crisp, which makes it very balanced. Good ageing potential.
Pair with fish dishes in sauce.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This elegant Meursault reminds me very much of the best wines from this appellation from the 1970s and 80s. Only medium-bodied, with delicate pear, apple and lemon aromas. Long, silky and filigree finish. What’s the secret to its 1er Cru quality? Apart from very good winemaking, it’s a high altitude site that has benefited from climate change. Drink or hold.
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Decanter
From an 8.64ha parcel that starts at 250m elevation on white marl soils and goes up the slope. This has a delicate, expressive floral aroma to the green apple and citrus fruit. Aged in 20% new casks, the oak at this stage is fairly dominant but should resolve with just a bit of time in the cellar. Lacks the substance of the Premiers Crus, but at the village level this is good value.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2019 Meursault Les Clous offers up inviting aromas of crisp orchard fruit, honeycomb, beeswax and vanilla pod. Medium to full-bodied, elegantly textural and incisive, with tangy acids and a tightly wound core, it's a nicely balanced, fine-boned wine in this inherently muscular white Burgundy vintage.
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Wine Spectator
Peach, butterscotch and apple pie flavors hold court in this rich, yet balanced white. Soft in the balance, with enough acidity to extend the finish.
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.