Meursault, Clos de la Barre, 2022
A later ripening plot that is habitually the last parcel to be harvested, this offers up a more stony nose and less breadth than the villages. Overall finer, and more elongated than the Village assemblage, with mineral streaks and citrus fruit, though with an element of extract and grip that provides a very different texture.
critic reviews
The 2022 Meursault Clos de la Barre has turned out very well in bottle, delivering an attractive bouquet of pear, citrus oil, freshly baked bread and toasted hazelnuts, followed by a medium to full-bodied, satiny and incisive palate, concluding with a long, penetrating finish. Along with the terrific 2020, this gets my nod as the finest Clos de le Barre in recent years.
The 2022 Meursault Clos-de-la-Barre has a backward nose that, despite coaxing, doesn't come out to "play." The palate is well-balanced with notes of tangerine and sour lemon, quite spicy towards the finish with satisfying length. The aromatics will require two or three years to step up a gear.