2017 White Burgundies

A blend of Les Casse-Têtes with Les Murgers de Monthélie, bottled that way since 1996. Green pineapple on the nose and apples. Quite structured. Very conference pear on the palate with spice and fine acidity. Really driven and lovely texture and salty tang on the finish.

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.

From 2 parcels within the vineyard, falling either side of the central ridge: one is a warm site, the other a cool one. Blending them together gives it great complexity and peresonality. There’s a tension here but also so much purity. It shows a lovely fine balance and cool fruit, and rewards the efforts of someone who picked at exactly the right moment in 2017.

The Clos st Marc is part of the Vergers vineyard, that was decimated by frost in 2016. Fortunately, 2017 is a much happier story. And this is a simply brilliant expression of the vintage. There’s energy and length, as well as purity of fruit and a very saline finish. Brilliant.

Les Vergers sits at Chassagne's northern edge, bordering St-Aubin, on the slope just above Les Chenevottes. This is an accomplished 2017, made in a floral, delicate style of Chassagne, with an energy and depth beneath.

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.