Meursault

Lovely. Great acidity, super fruit - this is poised and graceful. Good drive too - not a heavyweight - but pretty with a concentrated core. Sometimes this is very much a broader 'Goutte d'Or' inflected release - reflecti...(read more)

A 'quiet' gentle nose with a scent not unlike oatmeal. More refined that the Narvaux, it's all about tension and length, with a very citrussy acidity giving prodigious length.

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.

This monopole measures just 0.62 ha it is actually part of the 1er Cru Les Cras vineyard. Right over on the Volnay side and high up, with densely limestone soil, it always displays a more Puligny-like character. Initiall...(read more)

After the Poruzot, this is sweeter and rounder, a calmer experience. Lovely succulent fruit, perhaps not the most intense on the finish but that may be what makes it so attractive today. Astonishing wine from such young...(read more)

Like the Charmes this has a sleek weight, dense with flavour to come but not giving much away when we were there. Sure that this will be lovely, but to be seen later - all the wines were being fined when we were there an...(read more)