Vieilles Vignes Meursault Chardonnay

The nose is psycho. Lime zest, butter, actually brown butter, an airy ethereal quality, maybe some white peach, some citrus and unreal discreetly framed oak that has just made me shake my head how well integrated it is. Like insane. 9.8 nose. All the wet stones one can imagine. Florent is a completely different winemaker than when I started with him. This is super elite. The palate is a masterclass in controlled detonating So opulent yet so nimble. The texture, my goodness the texture. Silk. The finest silk. Extraordinary concentration and so nimble, so sappy and so pure. Unreal density and finesse and ultra concentrated. But so nimble it’s like a breeze on your palate. Acid is on point as is the structure which is architectural. More Gehry than Hadid. It’s got tannin and acid plus extraordinary length. There is real heft and density here but it retains this laser like delineation. Icing on a cake like texture now after some air and silly length. Stunning. With air this got crazy crazy elegant. Brilliant.

2003 - past prime but still intriguing

Not so expressive... notes of lemon curd, pineapple and butter

Aromatically unexpressive but that's not enough to dislike a beautiful white burgundy

Lots of butterscotch but a little lemony freshness and a refreshing hit of acidity on the finish, it isn't a paragon of complexity, but a very satisfying 19 year old village wine.

Lots of malolactic, out of balance.

Classic mersault

Little lemon limey to kick off but mellows out over time

alone
at Droit

2012 Garaudet Vielles Vignes Meursault and this Rasta Classic, Satta Massagna by The Abyssinians. Vocal harmonies which are nothing short of magical here & Robbie Shakespeare on bass needs no explanation. The wine is a great mix of bright structure and spicy deep almost tropical fruit. Beckoning spring to stick around a bit.