Château de Meursault - Meursault-Charmes 1er Cru 2015

Meursault 1er Cru|White wine

4.1/5 (11 customers)

17/20

Bettane & Desseauve

90-92/100

Burghound

88-90/100

Robert Parker

15,5/20

Bourgogne Aujourd'hui

Produced in the "Les Charmes Dessous" vineyard, the Meursault-Charmes 1er Cru opens with aromas of yellow fruit and toast. Delicate and complex, it reveals a generous, rich palate with subtle oaky notes and hints of liveliness and chalkiness. The perfect white wine for the holidays!

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Estate

Château de Meursault

Vintage

1er Cru Charmes

Vintage

2015

Designation

Meursault 1er Cru

Region

Burgundy

Grape varieties

100% Chardonnay

Terroirs

Hard Jurassic limestone and marly limestone soils, “Les Charmes Dessous” climate

Viticulture

Traditional and refined

Grape Harvest

Manuals

Winemaking

Sorting, followed by slow and gradual pressing to select the richest juices. Static settling for about twelve hours. Fermentation in barrels.

Livestock farming

Aged for 15 to 18 months on fine lees, with 33% in new oak barrels and the remainder in barrels that have held one or two vintages

Alcohol content

14%

Eye

Bright yellow-gold color

Nose

Expressive, with notes of yellow fruit and toast

Palate

Full-bodied attack. Rich and creamy. A crisp, refined finish.

Serve

At 12-14°C

Drink from

2019

Drink before

2028

Food and wine pairings

It pairs perfectly with American-style monkfish, lobster Thermidor, asparagus mousseline, aged Comté cheese...

More information at Château de Meursault

More information at Meursault

Bettane & Desseauve

Wine rated (2018 guide) 17/20 (Reference wine)

Rated estate (2021 guide): 4* Stars (Producers of the very highest quality, the pride of French viticulture)

About the estate:

Under the leadership of Olivier Halley, Stéphane Follin-Arbelet, and cellar master Emmanuel Escutenaire, this estate—which expanded to 65 hectares in 2018—has been undergoing a revolution in its working methods and interpretation of its terroirs for several years now. Thirty hectares are farmed organically, with the goal of converting the entire estate within three years. Significant investments made over the past three years in high-performance viticultural equipment have enabled progress. The whites possess both a dynamic tension and a generous mouthfeel, even if 2018 is not the vintage that suits them best. The reds, whose berries are destemmed and optically sorted before undergoing low-temperature fermentation followed by 12 to 15 months of aging in barrels (25 to 40% new), offer a sappy, fleshy, and deep character, with the 2018s being particularly racy. This represents an absolutely impressive progression in a very short time for an estate of this size.

Bourgogne Aujourd'hui

Wine rated 15.5/20

Guide Hachette des vins

Rated estate (2023 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer’s wines are regularly recognized by the guide)

About the estate:

The iconic Château de Meursault, a mecca for Burgundy tourism and wine folklore—where the famous Paulée is celebrated the day after the Hospices de Beaune auction—has changed hands many times: owned by the family of Pierre de Blancheton until the Revolution; by the Serre family in the 19th century; ; the family of the Count of Moucheron; the Boisseaux family (Patriarche estate) from 1973 onward. In December 2012, another change: the Halley family purchased the estate. Today, it comprises 65 hectares of vineyards in the process of converting to organic farming. At the helm of the winery: Emmanuel Escutenaire.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Rated wine (2016 guide) 88–90/100 (Excellent wine)

Burghound

Wine rated 90–92 out of 100

Rated: Recommended

Jancis Robinson

Rated: Recommended

Customer rating

4.1/5

based on 11 reviews