2018 Domaine François Mikulski Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrières

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  4/11/2023 - Philippe_C wrote: 92 Points

  Nice white apple, white flowers.. taste the fatness of Meursault, but lacking a bit tension and citrus for it's pedigree... Good, but not great

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  10/17/2021 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  Direct with rich power.

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  10/5/2021 - forceberry wrote: 89 Points

  100% organically farmed Chardonnay from a parcel approximately 50 years old. Aged in 228-liter oak pièces (20% new, 80% once, twice or three times used). 13,5% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Quite youthful yellow-green color. Ripe nose of zesty citrus fruits, some mirabelle plums, light notes of hay and dried herbs, a little bit of nutty almond character, a primary hint of juicy pear and a touch of creamy oak. The wine is juicy, ripe and moderately full-bodied on the palate with somewhat sweet-toned flavors of mirabelle plums and almond-driven nuttiness, some sweet creamy oak tones, a little bit of stony minerality, light primary notes of juicy pear, a hint of sweet Golden Delicious apple and a touch of hay. The overall feel is quite round but still pretty balanced, thanks to the medium-to-moderately high acidity. The finish is fresh but quite fruity and sweet-toned with medium-long flavors of ripe red apple, some creamy oak tones, a little bit of almond, light stony mineral notes and a hint of sweet oak spice.
  
  A very ripe, fruity and somewhat atypical Meursault - I honestly guessed this was either a Soave Classico or a Verdicchio from Marche. The mirabelle-driven fruit notes and nuances of hay and almond were something I haven't seen much in Chardonnay and were much closer to what I've seen in Italian whites, which is why I didn't think of Burgundy at all. The other was that ripe, fruit-forward nature of the wine and relatively modest acidity for a Côte de Beaune white - these 2018s just don't seem to have the cut and freshness I look for in a white Burgundy. So all in all, this is not a bad wine, but it feels more like a well-made Verdicchio or a Soave Classico that has seen some wood than a 1er Cru Meursault. If I had been waiting for a classic Meursault, I'd be a little bit disappointed.

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