Technical Specifications

Alcohol 13.5%

Grape Varieties Chardonnay

Chardonnay100%

Drinking Window 2025-2040

Region Meursault

Soil Clay-limestone (argilo-calcaire)

Vineyard Yield 47.5 hL/ha

Harvest Dates August 24-31, 2020

Estate Grown Yes

Sites Vireuils, Peutes Vignes, Moulin à Judas, Clos du Cromin, Dressoles, Les Pellans

Vine Age 65 years average

Fermentation Vessels Oak Barrel

Natural Yeast Yes

Indigenous Yeast Yes

Oak Aging 18 months

Oak Details 20% First Fill New Oak

First Fill New Oak20%

Oak Types French Oak

Unfined Yes

Unfiltered Yes

Production Details Village-level Meursault from a blend of six lieux-dits: Vireuils, Peutes Vignes, Moulin à Judas, Clos du Cromin, Dressoles, and Les Pellans. Average vine age 65 years. 2020 was a hot, dry vintage with very little disease pressure. Harvested August 24-31, 2020. Yields 45-50 hl/ha with potential alcohols of 13.5-14%. Long, slow fermentations in cold cellars using indigenous yeasts. Aged 18 months in oak barrels on lees without racking. Rarely fined or filtered. Organic viticulture (uncertified). Barrel sources include Tonnellerie Damy, Seguin-Moreau, Rousseau, and François Frères.

Tasting Notes

Nose: hazelnut, acacia blossom, white peach, green orchard fruit, warm bread, citrus oil

Palate: medium to full-bodied, super-sleek, intense, satiny, seamless, fleshy, incisive, beguiling texture

Critics Ratings Burghound: 89-91

Burghound89-91

Wine AdvocateOutstanding

▸ Sources (6)

Wine-Searcher product page - alcohol 13.5% ABV, drinking window 2025-2040, organic production, 91/100 critic score aggregate

K&L Wines - Burghound review (89-91 points, June 2022): 'Smoky aromas of hazelnut, acacia blossom and white peach give way to super-sleek, intense and strikingly well-detailed medium-bodied flavors that possess a highly beguiling texture before culminating in a chiseled, focused and beautifully long finale.' Lists 6 lieux-dits: Vireuils, Peutes Vignes, Moulin à Judas, Clos du Cromin, Dressoles and Les Pellans. Wine Advocate review (January 2023): 'medium to full-bodied, fleshy but incisive palate that's satiny and seamless'

Wine Decoded Australia - Burghound interview with Jean-François Germain on 2020 vintage: 'hot and dry with very little disease pressure... We picked from the 24th to the 31st of August... yields were very good at between 45 to 50 hl/ha with solid potential alcohols of 13.5 to 14%'

La Souveraine Wine - domaine details: 7 hectares across Meursault, Chassagne-Montrachet, Beaune. Village Meursault is a blend from lieux-dits including Clos du Cromin, Dressoles, Les Pellans with 65-year-old average vine age. Organic principles, 18 months aging for village wines, cold cellar with extended fermentations, rarely fined or filtered. Barrel sources: Tonnellerie Damy, Seguin-Moreau, Rousseau, François Frères

Princeton Corkscrew Wine Shop - domaine winemaking: 'Wines never see more than 20-30% new oak and are almost always bottled unfined and unfiltered'