2024 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window Around ten years of cellaring before full aromatic expression
Region Le Limozin
Production Details Raphaël Gimenez-Fauvety scored the producer-hosted 2024 tasting 94–95 points and advised at least 30 minutes in a decanter.
Tasting Notes Bright and luminous; initially restrained and cool, opening to peach, apricot, lemon, poached or candied pear, nuts, dried fruit, honey, marzipan, pastry and warm spices; voluminous and opulent, with mandarin, saffron, pepper, marmalade and a long saline, peppery, gunpowder-like finish
Food Pairing Oven-roasted turbot with Béarnaise and fresh pasta, scallop pie, foie gras with porcini, or baked Mont d’Or with potatoes
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2023 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window After five to seven years of ageing
Region Le Limozin
Production Details Raphaël Gimenez-Fauvety scored the producer-hosted 2023 tasting 93–94 points.
Tasting Notes Bright light gold; pear coulis, vanilla panna cotta, almond oil, hazelnut, apple, grape, butter, herbs, yellow peach, mango and pastry; full-bodied and highly spiced, with clove, cardamom, pepper, liquorice, juniper, saffron and a salty, telluric finish
Food Pairing Grilled turbot, salmon or sole with Béarnaise; alternatively calf’s head with gribiche or tartar sauce
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2022 Technical Specifications
Region Le Limozin
Production Details Raphaël Gimenez-Fauvety scored the producer-hosted 2022 tasting 93–94 points and described the élevage as nearly imperceptible beneath the fruit and vintage texture.
Tasting Notes Bright pale gold; notably fresh, with spring grass, flowers, apple, white peach, orange, mandarin, grapefruit, kiwi, lemon and coriander; energetic citrus-led palate with yuzu, lemongrass, verbena, ginger, passion fruit, iodine and kumquat; saline, white-pepper finish
Food Pairing Delicate fish, with steamed apples or root vegetables
2021 Technical Specifications
Region Le Limozin
Tasting Notes Restrained but deep nose of dried fruit, seeds, pulses, white currant, cream puff, icing sugar and vanilla; juicy palate with pear, caramelized apple, apricot and pineapple; long, focused and more tense and precise on the finish
Food Pairing Salmon with Béarnaise, hunter-style rabbit, or roast chicken with porcini
2020 Technical Specifications
Region Le Limozin
Tasting Notes Wax, honeyed polish, white meat, mushroom and white truffle, followed by poached and roasted white fruit, pear, peach, apple, nutmeg, cinnamon and turmeric; creamy, spicy and orange-toned palate with an intense, smoky, fiery and energetic finish
Food Pairing Spiced fried chicken or Cajun dishes; after further ageing, veal, roast Bresse chicken, turbot with Hollandaise or baked Vacherin
2019 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window From 2026 onward
Region Le Limozin
Tasting Notes Fresh and aromatic, combining floral notes with poached fruit, light pastry, yellow plum, orange, mango, musk and incense; palate of honey, apricot, baked apple and pear, candied mango, mirabelle, kumquat, almond oil, bergamot and Sichuan pepper; sensual candied-fruit and cardamom finish
Food Pairing Double veal rib with marrow and sautéed porcini, or roast capon with gratin Dauphinois
2018 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window At least five years of cellaring
Region Le Limozin
Tasting Notes Floral and fresh despite the warm year, with lily, violet, complex honey, white flowers, pear, white and vineyard peach; palate led by vineyard peach, liquorice, pepper and cardamom, followed by metallic, cast-iron-like notes and a long, powerful finish
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2017 Technical Specifications
Region Le Limozin
Tasting Notes Dried fruit, almond, pine nut, subtle honey, nougat, crisp biscuit, white carnation, anise, mint, iodine, white pepper and fresh ginger; exceptionally fresh and energetic palate with citrus, lime, guava and Comice pear, vibrant acidity and a very dense, persistent finish
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Producer Information
Website
Address
7 RD 974, 21190 Meursault, France
Phone
+33 3 80 21 25 11
Owner
François Mikulski
Cellarmaster
François Mikulski