2024 Technical Specifications
Grape Varieties 100% Chardonnay
Drinking Window Cellar for about five years for the first suggested pairing, or seven to eight years for richer fish dishes.
Region Les Meix Chavaux
Elevation 300.0 meters
Indigenous Yeast Yes
Production Details The importer describes a practicing-organic 0.47-hectare parcel at the top of Meursault, at 300 metres, with vines more than 20 years old; the wine was aged in one-, two- and three-year-old barrels.
Tasting Notes Very pale lime-juice colour; initially restrained, then white and vine peach, Comice pear, clementine, orange, violet, liquorice, clove, juniper, Sichuan pepper and incense. The palate is balanced and citrus-driven, with plum, apple, pear, rhubarb, black radish and celery; the finish is saline, precise and mineral.
Food Pairing Steamed langoustines with citrus butter and chervil; after longer cellaring, brill or John Dory with sorrel, tarragon or dill; alternatively roasted sea bass with fennel and steamed potatoes.
2023 Technical Specifications
Grape Varieties 100% Chardonnay
Drinking Window Drink now or cellar further; no terminal year is stated.
Region Les Meix Chavaux
Elevation 300.0 meters
Indigenous Yeast Yes
Production Details The importer describes a practicing-organic 0.47-hectare parcel at the top of Meursault, at 300 metres, with vines more than 20 years old; the wine was aged in one-, two- and three-year-old barrels.
Tasting Notes Bright light-gold and lime-juice colour; coriander, chervil, lemongrass, white spring flowers, anise, lavender, white peach, pear, apple, mint and bay. The palate adds white and green pepper, juniper, clove, cardamom and liquorice; the finish is intense, lively, focused and persistent.
Food Pairing Fresh langoustines; butter-roasted scallops with chervil; after further ageing, spiny lobster or grilled sole with beurre blanc, or sweetbread with girolles and chanterelles.
2022 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window Requires at least five years of cellaring.
Region Les Meix Chavaux
Tasting Notes Bright lime-juice colour; Granny Smith apple, lime, grapefruit, lemongrass, chervil, dill, pear, lemon sorbet and lavender, opening toward orange, pineapple, vine peach, kumquat, mango and passion fruit. Marked acidity, citrus, kiwi, celery, black radish, ginger, saline limestone and a precise, persistent finish.
Food Pairing Steamed or court-bouillon fish such as brill, ray, cod or saithe, with steamed vegetables or potatoes and a subtly spiced herb emulsion.
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2021 Technical Specifications
Region Les Meix Chavaux
Tasting Notes Headily floral, with white- and yellow-fruit coulis, yellow peach, pineapple, apricot, melon, almond and hazelnut, praline and toffee apple. The palate is juicy and generous; the finish is tense, sapid, lively, peppery and empyreumatic.
Food Pairing Pollack or grilled brill with steamed potatoes.
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2020 Technical Specifications
Region Les Meix Chavaux
Tasting Notes A strongly mineral profile spanning smoked and wet limestone, white marble, chalk, iodine, bergamot, flint and salt, with restrained pear and apple plus lime, passion fruit and grapefruit. The palate is energetic and spicy, and the finish is exceptionally intense, saline and persistent.
Food Pairing Firm, dense fish, crab or lobster.
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2019 Technical Specifications
Region Les Meix Chavaux
Tasting Notes Warm stones, hot steel and ore followed by grass, herbs, mint, lavender, white peach, celery, radish and chard. The palate is full and spicy, with bergamot, violet, saffron, camphor, candied orange, apricot, mango, passion fruit and kumquat; the finish is very long, spicy and fresh.
Food Pairing Monkfish with saffron or turbot with girolles; after further development, roasted goose with spaetzle, gnocchi or rösti, followed by baked Vacherin.
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2018 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window Recommended once the wine has passed its fifth year.
Region Les Meix Chavaux
Orientation East To North Exposure
Vine Age 65
Tasting Notes Deep, dense and vertical, with bergamot, mandarin, apple, turmeric, curry, nutmeg, candied ginger, apricot and orangette. The palate is juicy and citrus-led; the finish is tightly structured, highly spiced and liquorice-driven.
Food Pairing Turbot or brill with Hollandaise sauce.
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2017 Technical Specifications
Region Les Meix Chavaux
Production Details The producer-hosted tasting note states that the wine was matured in wood; it does not specify wood species, vessel size, proportion or duration.
Tasting Notes Dried fruit, metal, cast iron, lead, cashew, almond, pine nut, warm butter, bread crust, white and pink flowers, pear, banana, white peach, pepper, chilli, liquorice and mint. Dense apple and pear fruit is sustained by pronounced acidity, ending tight and mineral.
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2015 Technical Specifications
Region Les Meix Chavaux
Harvest Dates 3 Sep 2015
Tasting Notes White pepper, black radish, ginger, vanilla ice cream, grain, anise, acacia honey, fine minerality, length, sincerity and precision.
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2014 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window Expected to harmonize over the short to medium term; no calendar years are stated.
Region Les Meix Chavaux
Tasting Notes Aerial and vertically expressed, with white fruit, citrus, white-meat and girolle notes, wax, lactic honey and bread crust, pear, apple, guava, grapefruit, mandarin and liquorice. The finish is long, stony and slightly austere, with substantial structure.
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2013 Technical Specifications
Region Les Meix Chavaux
Tasting Notes Fresh eucalyptus, savory, flowers and blood orange; more demonstrative white fruit on the palate with lactic notes, lime, passion fruit and apple peel; a powerful, long finish with cool-toned intensity.
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2011 Technical Specifications
Region Les Meix Chavaux
Tasting Notes Cool and understated, with coriander, fine herbs, grass, delicate flowers, cream, white truffle, pear, spiced grape, citrus, orange and bitter orange; very long, toasted but not hot, and strongly structured.
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2010 Technical Specifications
Region Les Meix Chavaux
Tasting Notes Fresh ginger, coriander and white pepper, followed by spiced grape, cherry pulp, violet, liquorice, clove and star anise; energetic, intensely structured and exceptionally persistent.
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2009 Technical Specifications
Region Les Meix Chavaux
Tasting Notes Complex honey, flowers, earth, white truffle and ceps, followed by abundant white fruit and grape; chewy, lengthy and empyreumatic.
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2008 Technical Specifications
Region Les Meix Chavaux
Tasting Notes Alpine flowers, violet, pine resin, bergamot, fresh ginger and white pepper; a very refreshing palate with fruit, energetic acidity, precise minerality and a finish extending beyond typical village-wine length.
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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