Community Tasting Note

• viniferatu Likes this wine:

  December 5, 2020 - Pretty and ethereal nose of vanilla, almond extract, underripe strawberry, green apple, lemon, white flowers and a hint of toasty cereal. Fresh and mineral, a clean acid line drives everything. Medium in body, there's subtle chalky grip, and a touch of citrus pith. This does not impress with weight or significant texture, but it has sneaky concentration and lingers beautifully. Finishes tart and mineral, with pure lemon and apple notes, and a moderate amount of oak spice and creaminess. I'm not sure this will be worth saving for more than a few years, but right now it is easy-going and quite indicative of its origins. Tastes like a nice Meursault to me!
  
  This wine is not especially serious, but it comes from a very warm vintage and I did not expect grandeur. Fine-boned and refreshing, as Chardonnay goes it will be easy to work with at the table. I think saving one for next summer for grilled sea bass would be a great idea. I'm impressed. There's gonna be plenty of 2018 Meursault that is more expensive and far less balanced.

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4 Comments

• ChDonath commented:

  12/12/20, 10:15 AM - its a declassified meursault )

• viniferatu commented:

  12/14/20, 1:36 PM - Yup, I've read the story about the topsoil and declassification (so weird!). I'm a little unclear on where exactly these vines are located, but apparently somewhere above or within Perrieres. One account I read places them as in Perrieres, but I think that is not the case. There's a Meursault map that has a parcel labeled Les Chaume des Perrieres that is contiguous with Genevrieres and colored in the same hue as the premier crus. Is this the location? I dunno

• ChDonath commented:

  12/14/20, 2:07 PM - Well its only 1 1/2 ha in Meursault, so small anyway.
  
  https://burgmap.com
  
  His Meursault sites are
  
  Sous le Dos d´Ane and the other one is Les Perrieres 50m above Coche Dury (this site is marked) but duponts not.
  
  Anyway funky story and great value for us...

• viniferatu commented:

  12/15/20, 6:46 AM - Thank you for the burgmap.com link. I had no idea this existed.

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