2017 White Burgundies

This is a triumph: fine, delicate, floral, with wonderful precision. There's a delicious orange scent - citrus peel and orange blossom combined - on the nose, and a complex, skillfully handled phenolic frame on the palate. There is so much concentration and purity here. Tasted blind at Burgfest, July 2021.

Jean-Baptiste Bouzereau is making some of the best wines in Meursault these days. His premiers crus are a tour de force, but his village Meursualt, which comes from this exceptionally well-placed parcel that extends beyond the premier cru slope, is the insider’s secret. Amplified fruit, energetic freshness, and seamless flow.

Next to Truffières. Quite exotic on the nose, mineral and fine. Very floral with a character that sings warm summer days. Beautiful depth and elegance. Such a crowd pleaser, already so open and fine. And long on the finish. Surprisingly precise given the attack.

Blagny sits high up, above the heart of the Meursault commune. This altitude brings a focused freshness to the wines. These vines were planted in the mid-1980s and are beginning to hit their stride. This 2017 has a reductive touch on the nose, with wonderful depth and an energetic mineral length. With its pithy purity, this 2017 will start drinking well from a few years in bottle, and unfurl over the next decade.