MEURSAULT

2009 1er Cru Charmes Domaine Henri Germain

Grapes Chardonnay
Colour White
Origin France, Burgundy
District Côte d'Or
Sub-district Côte de Beaune
Village Meursault
Classification 1er Cru
ABV 13.5%
Vineyard Charmes

A tight twist of fine-grained oak here, which gives way to spice. Amazing concentration of spice and complex weight and body. Remarkable - really really good and still wonderfully fresh on the finish. L&S (Dec 2010)


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The 2009 Meursault les Charmes has a generous bouquet, more Puligny-like than expected, with citrus lemon and walnut, later smoke and nutmeg. It is well defined and gains vigour in the glass. The palate is well balanced with a rounded, slightly "worked" entry. There is a viscous texture to this Charmes, lightly honeyed with a gentle, spicy finish. Fine. Drinking range: 2014 - 2020 Rating: 88 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Dec 2014)

Drink Creamy and buttery but a bit closed on the nose. Sweet fruit and a touch of flinty reduction on the palate, with lots of powerful fruit on the mid-palate and length. Has the requisite volume for Meursault, and shows the warmth of the vintage. A classic of the genre. 2012-2019 Rating: 17 Richard Hemming MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2014)

Quite rich and full with polish and density. Charming – more forward than the lesser Chevalières in fact. Though there is some chew on the end too as well as that aromatic evolution. 2014-2021 Rating: 17 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2011)

Domaine Henri Germain

Jean-François Germain was joined in 2018 by his daughter Lucie - who is now helping to run this small (7ha) domaine.

The Chassagne vineyards came through his mother, a Pillot, and Jean-François is married to François Jobard's daughter, so they are quite intertwined with some of our other producers. The Poruzots comes from the rows next to Remi Jobard's. In terms of winemaking the Germains are always happy to let nature take its course, and in the vineyards they follow as natural a system of viticulture as possible (organic, not certified).

These are concentrated, tightly wound wines from one of Burgundy's coldest cellars. Alcoholic fermentations can take months and the malolactics are often late, so they have always gone for long élevage in old barrels, always for two winters, and the Premiers Crus usually for 22 months. Slow to develop, they show wonderful crystalline purity. New wood is used very sparingly, just to replace barrels sold when they get to ten years old.

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