Ch. De Meursault, Charmes Dessus 1er Cru 2019

White Burgundy is in short demand. Indeed, finding any sort of volume, at the very best quality is the holy grail for today’s Burgundy buyer.

Enter Château de Meursault – the region’s largest fully organic domaine and an estate that has been going from strength to strength under the guidance of Stephane Follin-Arbelet and his winemaker Emmanuel Escutanaire.

Today’s offer features their exceptional Meursault Charmes Dessus 2019 – a bottle of white Burgundy that is pure pleasure, combining depth and richness with great poise and persistence – all of the elements that make great white Burgundy so compelling and inimitable.

With a score of 93-97 this is Jasper Morris’s highest potential score for any wine from the Charmes or (better, higher) Charmes Dessus vineyards in 2019. When you consider the prices commanded by the likes of Roulot, Lafon and PYCM – the value proposition here is clear.

“Pale yellow. Rather a backward nose, this appears low key after the oaky sumptuous character of Perrières, but it is a brilliant wine, all about the white fruit, ripe enough to include white peach flesh, but beautifully managed and with exceptional persistence. Almost saline in its minerality at the finish. Tasted: October 2020.” 93-97 Jasper Morris

“A beautiful expression of Charmes Dessus. Clear, sunny and bright, this radiates with golden fruit, citrus and peach characteristics, whilst a complex note of vanilla pod sits in the background. Such energy and brilliance, and incredibly high-definition, pristine fruit. Sheer joy. From four specific parcels vinifed separately high up in the Charmes Dessus vineyard, just below Clos des Perrieres and abutting the vines of Dominque Lafon, this represents a clear step up from the straight Charmes.” Justerini & Brooks.