2010 Meursault Les Tessons
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The 2010 Meursault les Tessons has a lucid silvery sheen. The nose is beautifully defined with walnut, smoke touches of wax resin and fennel. It develops more and more intensity on the nose as it gets into its stride. The palate is well balanced, a little flinty on the entry, a dab of spice, but not quite delivering the complexity one would expect on the finish. Actually tasted blind it is a little more forward than expected and perhaps it's difficult seeing where this will go. Drinking perfectly now.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Very reticent nose dominated by citrus peel and stony minerality. Tightly wound and high-pitched, with penetrating acidity giving a steely spine to the mid-palate. Offers a compelling combination of silky texture and piquant energy. A great village wine with a knockout rising finish that's almost painful today. I would not be at all surprised if this wine eventually merited an even higher score.
The 2010 Meursault Les Tessons Clos de Mon Plaisir is another vivid, totally compelling white. The aromas and flavors seem to explode from the glass. Layers of minerality provide the backbone as this subtle, gracious wine seems to waft from the glass. What is most impressive about the Tessons is the richness Roulot has achieved while avoiding any sense of heaviness. Anticipated maturity: 2013+. (Not yet released) Jean-Marc Roulot commented that 2010 was easy in the vineyard but not so simple in the cellar, mostly because of very long malolactic fermentations that did not finish until the following August! The harvest started on September 17 and the wines came in with 12.8 -13.5 natural alcohols, which is at the higher end of the range for the domaine. Because of the lengthy malos, the 2010s were bottled a little later than normal. The 2010s are quite representative of the year in that they have considerable richness and at the same time high acidities. They are remarkably vivid, expressive to site and flat-out gorgeous. Readers will notice a new wine in 2010, the Auxey-Duresses, and can look forward to a new Clos de la Baronne and Clos des Boucheres with the 2011 vintage. Roulot fans will also want to be on the look out for Jean-Marc Roulot’s new line of eau de vies, an old family tradition that goes back many generations. The Framboise is one of the most pure expressions of fruit I have ever tasted, while the Abricot, made from Gerard and Jean-Louis Chave’s organically grown apricots in St. Joseph, is a bit more honeyed and liqueur-like.Unfortunately, my bottle of the Poire eau de vie broke, but I hope to be able to taste it soon. Importer: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA; tel. (510) 524-1524
About the producer
Domaine Roulot is one of the most respected wine estates of Meursault, famed for producing some of the world’s finest Chardonnay.