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MEURSAULT 2022

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2021   2022  

VARIETAL

The Chardonnay is the only grape variety of the white Meursault wines.
- Density: 10 000 feet/ha.
- Guyot or cordon de Royat pruning method.
- Manual harvest.
- Yields of 50 hl/ha.

TASTING NOTES

- Golden color with emerald highlights, limpid and bright.
- The nose shows mixed aromas of citrus, white flowers, and vanilla flavored cream.
- The mouth is dense, spicy, round, generous, well-balanced and creamy. Flavors of citrus and vanilla are revealed. A very promising wine.

FOOD AND WINE PAIRING

This great wine will be ideal with fish in sauce, seafood, poultry liver, smoked salmon or a savory dish of escargot in puff pastry. This Meursault is also very good with cow’s milk cheeses or a piece of French Comté cheese.

SERVING SUGGESTIONS

Serve at a temperature of 13 to 14°C. (55- 57°F.).

AGEING POTENTIAL

This wine can be enjoyed now or kept in the cellar for up to 8 years.

ORIGIN

The village of Meursault is located in the center of the Côte de Beaune. With the villages of Puligny Montrachet and Chassagne Montrachet, it represents what is done best in terms of Chardonnay in the region.

The terroir and exposure are very favorable to this grape variety. It is also the terroir of the Montrachet wines, « the best white wines in the world ».

VINIFICATION AND MATURING

After manual harvesting, the grapes are sorted and delicately pressed. Then, the juice is left to settle, and a slow fermentation begins first in tank and then in barrels. Ageing in Burgundian oak barrels of 228 litres (30% new one) where take place the malolactic fermentation. Maturing process in barrels during 10 months.

Vintage : 2022

This 2022 vintage promises to be one of great quality. 

We had a rather rainy November, December and January, and February and March were rather cool, which slowed down the emergence of the buds and in turn prevented the frost problems that we had last year.
May was very, very hot providing great flowering conditions. June was then a little chaotic weather wise, as we had some warm mornings and then with violent storms after midday, sometimes with hail. However, at least nothing really bad in our Burgundy.

The harvests started in Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits around 29 August, which is still relatively early and we had to deal with diverse levels of ripening. Some parcels really stood up to the heat and have given wonderfully ripe grapes. Of course, everything was conditioned by how the vineyard was managed and the amount of exposure. But overall, we had wonderful wines from these parcels, from other parcels which experienced more dehydration. The very high temperatures meant a greater halt in ripening, giving grapes a little less ripe, so we had to wait to harvest them.

By the end of August, we already had fabulous colour extraction and the acidity was very well balanced. All this allowed to be very confident, heading for a great vintage.

In the Chablis area, some winegrowers started harvesting as August was ending, but most of them started harvesting in the first days of September. 

The harvesters were relatively unaffected by the rains, which fell either in the late afternoon or at night. The foliage, which was still in good health, benefited from it. Thanks to the rain, juice concentration was limited and the bunches of grapes were able to provide a good balance between sugar content and acidity.

The harvest concluded the third week of September with a smile: neither the frost nor the drought prevented the vineyards from producing close to normal yields. However, the volumes harvested varied from one domain to another, with some estates easily reaching full production while others were below the appellation's yield.

Wines in the making are expressing notes of ripe fruit, pear and peach, while keeping their freshness. They are generous and have a good balance. Quality is definitely there as well.

After a year 2021 disturbed by a poor harvest, this 2022 vintage is a real breath of fresh air.