Winemaker Notes
This Meursault is born from a marriage of two vineyards: Meursault les Casse-Tetes and Meursault les Murgers de Monthelie.
Meursault Casse-Tete contributes minerality and tension on the attack while the Meursault les Murgers de Monthelie provides length and opulence on the palate. The cuvee is structured, well-balanced and long exhibiting the elegance of the two vineyards. This is a Grand Blanc de Garde.
Serve with noble fish or shellfish.
Professional Ratings
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Jasper Morris
Lovely pale primrose. This has much the most complex nose of all the Javillier Meursaults, with both ripe yellow fruit and some more nervous notes, as the French say. It is attractively concentrated on the palate, again showing some yellow plums, but with a greener edge behind that enhances the tension. This cuvee should be given a few years in bottle.
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.