Winemaker Notes
Double-sorted on a vibrating table and a sorting table. Pressed with whole clusters, cold settled. Minimal SO2 addition to the musts. Ambient yeast fermentation and aging for 12 months in used barrels, rarely stirred. Racked, blended, and aged another 6 months in stainless steel tank. No fining and gentle filtration if necessary.
Professional Ratings
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Jasper Morris
A lovely lemon and lime colour, with a bouquet that shows the class associated with choosing a correct picking date. Lightly oaked, and entirely integrated. A citrus vein runs through which keeps the pure white fruit lively. Very good length. A fine hillside Meursault. Drink from 2027-2033.
Barrel Sample: 90-92 -
Vinous
The 2022 Meursault Les Vireuils is quite backward on the nose with beeswax-tinged citrus fruit that eventually begins to open. The palate is clean and fresh, with a twist of orange rind on the entry. It has fine depth and acidity with a lively, quite tensile finish. This is a well-crafted Les Vireuils that should age well in bottle.
Barrel Sample: 90-92
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.