2012 Meursault Les Tessons
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The 2012 Meursault les Tessons has a very strict, primal bouquet – taciturn at first, perhaps a little muted compared to Jean-Marc’s other crus at the moment. The palate is crisp on the entry with an intriguing note of sour lemon, intermingling with orange zest, spice and white pepper. This Tessons kinda fools with you as it fans out wonderfully towards the finish with lemongrass and sea salt lingering long after the wine has departed. Wonderful, but it needs a couple of years in bottle.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Pale yellow. High-pitched perfume of lime and dusty stone. A step up in intensity and grip--not to mention complexity--from the foregoing samples, offering superb texture and richness for village wine. Lovely subtle sweetness to the flavors of lemon, lime and powdered stone. Finishes with sneaky mounting length. Twenty percent new oak here.
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.