Meursault

There's a sweet richness here, a touch of yellow fruit making it even more like a baby Goutte d'Or than usual (the parcel separated from 1er Cru Goutte d'Or by the width of a track). Manages to be both gourmand and suppl...(read more)

This has a lovely little subtle sweetness. Really juicy with mineral underpinnings, and the intensity of the acidity of 2020 making it citrussy and fresh.

Henri clarifies this is very much a 'Meursault Village de Coteaux - not from the plain below.' From five parcels including Petits Charrons, En Luraule, Les Chevalieres and Les Casse Tetes. For Henri this broad blend of p...(read more)

Again there's terrific volume on the front, giving a sleek feel, and as usual there's the driving mineral making a long shining arc through the palate. Fine and long.

Tasted after all the series of the 2021s, this is a disconcerting change of register, but it's fabulous. Richly mouthcoating, it remains gloriously fresh despite a core of sweet-tasting concentration. Long and straight a...(read more)

Lemons cooked in butter. Spicy, sweet baking spice. Broad and quite classically Meursault – but with so much elegance and fresh acidity. Quite tightly wound, with great mineral freshness. Really accomplished and well don...(read more)

As so often, the Poruzots is tightly-packed and dense and powerful. Hard to read in its youth, but in the end it always finds the same level of expressiveness as the other Premiers Crus.

A sweet edge to the attack here, juice like the Luraule follows, and here there's more power and mineral intensity. Sherbety, mineral, sleek and long.

Just as much as the Poruzot is compact at this stage, the Genevrières is almost opulent, generous and suave, even showy. Punch and power on the finish.

Rémi continues to experiment with longer élevages, this wine being kept an extra year in wood - it will be fined and filtered in December 2022 for bottling in January. It's a huge and slow-moving...(read more)