Winemaker Notes
A complex wine mixing powerful and mineral aromas. A great pair for fish, shellfish or creamy white meat.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2014 Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières is drinking well, delivering notes of citrus oil, pear and white flowers mingled with hints of iodine and clear honey. Medium- to full-bodied, satiny and pure, it's a racy, precise wine with a long, mineral finish, offering an ethereal counterpoint to the denser, more powerful 2015.
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Wine Spectator
A sleek, lemon-infused style, with hints of flowers and spices. The vivid structure keeps this racy and defined, showing tension on the linear profile and long, mineral-infused aftertaste. Best from 2017 through 2025. 50 cases imported.
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.