2015 MEURSAULT 1er Cru Perrières Joseph Drouhin, Lea & Sandeman

MEURSAULT

2016 1er Cru Perrières Joseph Drouhin

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 Perrières

An elegant and spicy nose reflects notes of mineral reduction, essence of pear and acacia along with wisps of smoke and pain grillé. Here too there is excellent volume and intensity to the even more mineral-inflected flavors that culminate in a gorgeously long if youthfully austere finale. Some patience would be beneficial. Drinking range: 2024 - Rating: 92 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jun 2018)


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A little bit of sulphur dioxide in the way here but it’s temporary. Strong oatmeal character. Some dried grasses too. There’s an odd aroma that is rather like wheat beer. Something odd here. Not sure if it is the sample. Drinking range: 2019 - 2024 Rating: 15.5 Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com (Feb 2018)

The 2016 Meursault 1er Cru Perrieres has a strict, wet stone and smoke-tinged bouquet that is very well defined, almost Puligny-like in style. The palate is well balanced with a slightly waxy texture, spicy and a little angular at the moment even though it seems to meld together toward the finish. Give this 3 or 4 years in bottle before broaching, because it seems very "distant" at the moment. Drinking range: 2019 - 2032 Rating: 90-92 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Dec 2017)

Pale, bright yellow. Aromas of mirabelle, dusty spices, crushed stone and smoky oak. Rich, plush, ripe wine with lowish acidity but good firming minerality. Thick, spicy and dry, finishing quite backward in the early going, even bitter-edged. This somewhat phenolic, brooding Perrières will need some patience. Rating: 90-92 Stephen Tanzer, www.vinousmedia.com (Sept 2017)

Joseph Drouhin

Despite the size of their vineyard holding, not all Drouhin's wines come from their own domaine, but most of the other wines do come from long-term contracts, such as exists with the Marquis de Laguiche wines. In all but name these wines are 'Domaine' wines, and the vineyards are cared for and the wines vinified with exactly the same care.

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