2019
6x75cl
DP
£451.22
vintage
Broking
2019
6x75cl
DP
£451.22
2020
6x75cl
DP
£487.22
En primeur
2022
6x75cl
EP
£365.00
A tighter more coiled style of Meursault. Quiet and brooding at first, the firm orchard and citrus fruit and intensely savoury dimension of rocks, salt and crushed herb gradually unwind, developing into notes of honeysuckle. There is crunch and sapidity to the ripe fruit and a pleasingly crisp, dry finish. Impressively intense and balanced. A very well-situated Monopole lieu dit from the mid-slope, on the same level as Perrieres, that shows more intensity and precision than most Meursault villages. Aged for 15 months in 35% new oak.
A wonderful, historic Domaine that has the Côte de Beaune’s most impressive vaulted cellars. Château de Meursault has for a long time been on the tourist trail and is the impressive venue for the famous Paulee de Meursault in November. Their vineyard holdings have always been the envy of the Côte but a reliance on passing tourist trade, lack of know-how and investment meant that traditionally the wines failed to live up to their promise. However the Château’s fortunes changed in 2012 when it was bought by Olivier Halley with the intention to make it one of the most hallowed estates in Burgundy, money no object. The Château is now firmly on the Burgundy lover’s map. In 2012 Olivier brought in Stephane Follin-Arbelet to run the estate, brother of Frank Follin-Arbelet and former director of Bouchard, Stephane knows a thing or two about what it means to make top quality Burgundy and what it takes to manage a large estate. Conversion to organics, planting cover crops, increasing the size of picking teams (up to 200 people to shorten the harvest period) and lowering yields are just some of the many effective innovations he has brought in. The winemaking is respectful to terroir, new oak ranges from 25-40% and the wines are aged for 15-18 months in the enormous, cool, vaulted cellars underneath the Château. A new star of Burgundy is born. Along with sister estate, Château de Marsannay, this will soon be one of the biggest certified organic estates in the Côte d'Or.
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