1995 Robert Ampeau & Fils Meursault

Community Tasting Notes (21) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  10/7/2023 - Palisades57 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Remarkably good. Very fresh and integrated. The best Ampeau I’ve had.
  
  That said, Ampeau has been a little hit and miss for me, with at least one or two premox’d.

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  7/2/2023 - Ksquare Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Acidity is good. Some toasty notes. Citrus. Not particularly complex or long on the finish but good drink. Very fresh for its age.

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  11/26/2022 - forceberry wrote: 93 Points

  Made from relatively early-harvested fruit, fermented in concrete tanks, aged for 10 months in oak pièces and bottled in the summer following the harvest. Aged in the domaine's cool cellars and released when deemed ready (normally 15-20 years after the vintage). 13,5% alcohol, 6,3 g/l acidity. Tasted blind.
  
  Deep, quite concentrated and surprisingly youthful neon yellow-green color. The nose feels sweet, quite concentrated and a bit toasty with quite youthful aromas of honeydew melon and golden apples, perfumed floral tones, some notes of grilled pineapple, light creamy oak nuances, a hint of melting butter and a distinctive touch of kerosene. The wine feels firm yet silky and very slightly viscous - probably due to the concentration brought by age - with a medium body and layered flavors of stony minerality and crunchy red apples, some creamy oak tones, a little bit of savory wood spice, light toasty notes of grilled pineapple, a hint of ripe peach and a touch of developed beeswaxy character. The high acidity lends good sense of structure to the wine. The finish is dry, long and slightly spicy with a fresh aftertaste of creamy oak and ripe citrus fruits, some savory notes of woody oak spice, light sweeter nuances of ripe apricot and honey, a little bit of buttery richness and a hint of toasty character.
  
  A wonderfully fresh, precise and remarkably youthful effort for its age. I instantly identified the wine as a white Burgundy, but I thought it was something like 20 years younger - it honestly didn't taste one bit like a wine almost 30 years old! When the label was revealed I was floored, because I had already tasted the wine earlier, yet didn't recognize it. However, when I had tasted the wine a few years earlier, I had also been amazed how remarkably youthful the wine is for its age, so in that sense this wine was exactly what it should've been. Reading my old TN, this wine has changed very little in these couple of years - and based on this fact, I can assume this wine will easily continue to evolve and improve with further aging. Terrific stuff now, but expect the score to go up as the wine ages. Delivers for the price at 89,52€.

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  8/12/2022 - hoffern wrote:

  Gyllen gul. Lukter av voks, skifer, aprikos. Frisk og fortsatt fruktig på smak, aprikos, gule sitrusfrukter. Lett tørr avslutning. Skikkelig godt sammen med comté, og oster i den kategorien.

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  3/2/2020 - forceberry wrote: 93 Points

  Made from relatively early-harvested fruit, fermented in concrete tanks, aged for 10 months in oak pièces and bottled in the summer following the harvest. Aged in the domaine's cool cellars and released when deemed ready (normally 15-20 years after the vintage). 13,5% alcohol, 6,3 g/l acidity.
  
  Deep, intense and luminous neon-greenish color of Mountain Dew. Somewhat restrained but also wonderfully nuanced nose with developed aromas of creamy richness, some lemon marmalade tones, a little bit of savory wood spice, light mineral notes of wet stones and a hint of ripe golden apples. The wine is fresh, bright and medium-bodied on the palate with focused flavors of ripe red apples, some wet stones, a little bit of chalky minerality, light creamy oak tones, a hint of beeswax and a touch of savory oak spice. Structured, high acidity. Remarkably youthful overall feel for the age. The finish is lively, somewhat spicy and remarkably lengthy with flavors of savory wood spice, ripe citrus fruits, some creamy oak, a little bit of stony minerality, light nuances of vanilla, a hint of mealy red apple and a touch of honeyed richness.
  
  A beautiful, wonderfully developed and still remarkably youthful Meursault with great sense of structure and wonderfully fresh, focused fruit. Very young for its age. Offers lots of pleasure right now, but seems to be still on an upward trajectory, so I wouldn't be surprised if this continued to improve even further if left in a cellar. These Ampeau whites really do age at a glacial pace. Not particularly affordable at 99,99€, but how often do you get 25-yo white Burgundy in pristine condition at two-figure sums?

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