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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.8 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 21 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by SuperSomm on 4/1/2024 & rated 91 points: Medium lemon colour. Medium and developing nose with ripe green apples, ripe lemon, white peach, flint, butter, elegantly charred wood, roasted hazelnuts, white flower and wet stone. Medium taste of ripe green apples, ripe lemon, white peach, flint, butter, elegantly charred wood, roasted hazelnuts, caramelized walnuts and wet stone. Long and dry finish. High acidity. Medium body. A very good and classical Meursault with great complexity. Needed an hour of air to open. Drink now or over the next couple of years. Goes well with cheeses, fish or shellfish. (136 views) | | | Tasted by tward on 1/25/2024 & rated 91 points: Excellent
I didn't find this heavy like some other tasters. Solid Meursault over two nights and a nice buy under $50 USD.
13.5% abv
Empty bottle weight: 654g (217 views) | | | Tasted by anstruletz on 12/13/2023: Opened up since the last note. Nice Meursault. (306 views) | | | Tasted by MarkLA on 11/30/2023: Another sound 375ml. Drink up. (248 views) | | | Tasted by MarkLA on 8/31/2023 & rated 90 points: 375ml. Rich, honeyed with butterscotch, tropical fruit, and roasted nuts. Gains focus and energy with aeration. More representative of how I envisioned it to be but probably best to drink up. (290 views) | | | Tasted by Mazy on 8/25/2023 & rated 91 points: Le 1er soir en PNP, c’était un 88: lourd et pataud. Bouchon remis et oublié en cave pendant 3 jours: le 4e soir, c’est nettement meilleur, ouvert, équilibré, typé Meursault sans note oxydative. Leçon: il a clairement besoin d’air à ce stade. (464 views) | | | Tasted by Mario17 on 8/5/2023 & rated 91 points: Beau Meursault sur les fruits blancs, assez droit avec une belle rondeur et une texture de bouche agréable, très bien.
Nice Meursault with good balance between the acidity and a slight roundness, nice texture too, very nice. 91-92 (423 views) | | | Tasted by MarkLA on 5/26/2023 flawed bottle: Recent 375ml was quite advanced, unfortunately. (259 views) | | | Tasted by MostlyFrance on 1/27/2023: Wow. This is just lovely but is still young. I’ll wait at least 5 more years.
Nose: sweet lemon.
Palete: creamy. Full bodied. Stone fruit. Lemon. Mineral. (347 views) | | | Tasted by Sun_Ship on 1/20/2023 & rated 88 points: Surprisingly advanced with a rich deep gold colour and lots of tertiary. May just be this bottle, which is a 375ml half. On the nose, shortbread, vanilla biscuit, hazelnuts, with a line of crystalline pears and orchard fruit. Broad, rich and a little toasty in the mouth. Faded acidity and a bit cloying. Considering the vintage, not one to hold further. (303 views) | | | Tasted by Pinot_Geek on 8/11/2022 & rated 92 points: Lemon, stony-mineral, dry yet not dry (somehow), with notable gunflint reduction initially. 750cc bottle. 13.5% alc
Very nice glass, played well with sushi. (519 views) | | | Tasted by DougLee on 6/16/2022 & rated 90 points: Served chilled to accompany seared tuna steaks. Pale gold color. Scents of pure grapefruit and apple core on the nose cut with acacia. Layers of white peach and tart citrus on the palate with granny apple thrown in. Spiny acidity contributing to a moderately long finish of grapefruit and white stone. Nicely done. KOA West Glacier. Half bottle. (463 views) | | | Tasted by anstruletz on 5/1/2022: This has the makings of a nice Meursault but I"m not ready to give a score yet. After a few hours it started to show some white flowers and fruit, but still pretty tight. (424 views) | | | Tasted by DougLee on 10/18/2021 & rated 89 points: Unlike the bottle of 4/20/21 the palate showed a bit of resinous wood on opening, which quickly blew off. Otherwise the palate revealed the same combination of grapefruit, tart apple, stone, and a bit of cream. Paired with scallops. From a 375. Holbrook, AZ. (554 views) | | | Tasted by aChave on 7/24/2021 & rated 92 points: Young but a lot going on already. Great fruit and weight. Lovely already with plenty of upside. 375 ml. (684 views) | | | Tasted by DougLee on 4/20/2021 & rated 90 points: Pale gold. Nose of hyacinth, schist, lime peel. On the palate, quenching and enlivened citrus, white pear, peach, apple, and white stone. Excellent acidity and dry backbone. Long finish of grapefruit, apple core, and a hint of creaminess. Excellent with scallops. Half bottle. (762 views) | | | Tasted by Mark van Delft on 2/25/2021 & rated 88 points: Usually a Reliable Meursault: Tropical fruit, grapefruit, toast, apricot, soft vanilla, medium round, a tad too bitter compared to other vintages I drank. Perhaps an off bottle? Drank from a 375 ml (763 views) |
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Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
Côte de Beaune
Côte de Beaune (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne)
Vineyard maps on weinlagen.infoMeursaultLocated in Cote de Beaune, south of Volnay and north of Puligny Montrachet. Meursault ("Murr-so") has historically been Burgundy's center for white wine production. In fact, nearly all of the 2.5 million bottles produced from 440 ha (1,090 acres) are whites. The soil is a mixture of marl and chalk and is perfectly suited to the production of chardonnay. Meursault wines are known for aromas of hazelnuts, honey and vanilla for its aromas and creamy, almost olive oilllike texture. There are no grand crus in Meursault, though Les Perrières, Les Genevrières and Les Charmes produce remarkable wines. Further, some of the most well-known vineyards of Meursault such as Narvaux and Limozin are not premier cru but Villages-classified vineyards. Recent top vintages include 2008, 2007, 2005, 2002, 1999, 1996, 1993, 1990.
With 437ha. of vineyards dedicated to Villages wine or Premier Cru, Meursault has the largest area permitted to be planted in white wine in the Cote-d'Or. Furthermore, despite the fact that the village lacks even one grand cru, Meursault has historically been Burgundy's center for white wine production, in the past even more so than Puligny-Montrachet or Chassagne-Montrachet. While much of those two villages had in the past been planted to red grapes, Meursault has always been white wine territory. In fact, the modern day vineyard of Les Combettes in Puligny-Montrachet, which forms a continuous chain with the premier crus of Meursault, was once considered part of Meursault and not Puligny, where the many nearby vineyards produced red wine. There are several important factors that determine the reputation of Meursault. Primarily, the soil throughout most of Meursault is perfectly suited to the production of chardonnay; it is a mixture of marl and chalk, that when combined with a largely east or southeast exposure creates healthy grapes that are full of character. Another factor correlates to geology, though in a very different way. Meursault's high water table allows its residents to carve deep, cold cellars "perfect for the production of wine" into the chalky, stony soil. So, while large negociants from Beaune dominated the production and marketing of Burgundy throughout time, Meursault remained a wine of its own citizens. Contributing to this, since red wine has been more prized throughout time, these same negociants looked elsewhere for sources because the wine of Meursault has always been white.
What makes the wine so special? The most common descriptors attached to Meursault are hazelnuts, honey and vanilla for its aromas and creamy for its texture. However, this simplifies things quite a bit. In most cases, Meursault despite an almost olive-oil texture is countered by a precise mineral character, stoniness and a more refined overall palate than, for instance, Chassagne-Montrachet. It's the unique stony/mineral character that often gets lost when tasting Meursault, as many concentrate on the ripe, hedonistic primary flavors and aromas. It's the bipolarity of the wine, the interplay of both factors, that makes Meursault one of the most sought after white wines in the world. As mentioned above, there are no grand crus in Meursault, though many would argue that Perrieres, Genevrieres and Charmes can attain these lofty heights in the hands of the best producers. Further, some of the most well-known vineyards of Meursault such as Narvaux and Limozin are not premier cru but Villages-classified vineyards, though again, the best examples are clearly of higher quality. source: http://www.burgundywinecompany.com/wines/display.php?subregion=Meursault
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