2017 MEURSAULT 1er Cru Charmes Domaine Henri Germain, Lea & Sandeman

MEURSAULT

2019 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 14%
Vineyard Charmes

Intense! Flavour in every molecule, there's energy and intensity throughout, and it carries on - very long. Lovely richness and svelte shape. Drinking range: 2023 - 2032 L&S (Oct 2020)


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Just below Domaine des Comtes Lafon on the Puligny side. Light green to very pale lemon. A little bit of barrel. Good tension throughout, not an over opulent Charmes, with a biscuity touch. Some warmth at the back but there is enough tension to keep everything in place Rating: **** Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy  (Mar 2022)

An exuberantly spicy nose offers up notes of both white and yellow fleshed fruit, petrol and plenty of floral elements. Once again there is impressive density to the delicious, rich and punchy medium weight flavors that exude a subtle bead of minerality on the unusually powerful, complex and strikingly long finish. This is most impressive and a wine that should also reward extended keeping. Drinking range: 2029 - Rating: 92-94 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jun 2021)

Unwinding in the glass with aromas of pear, toasted bread, praline and white flowers, framed by a touch of youthful reduction, Germain's 2019 Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes is medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with fine concentration, chalky structuring extract and tangy acids. Elegantly muscular and penetrating, this is a seamless, complete Charmes. Rating: 92 - 94+ William Kelley, The Wine Advocate (Jan 2021)

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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