2018 Meursault Les Perrieres
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The 2018 Meursault Les Perrières 1er Cru has a delineated, focused bouquet with yellow plum and white flower scents. Discrete at first but it opens with time in the glass. The palate is well balanced with fine acidity, taut and quite saline. Good extract here and it develops a very seductive, smooth texture after ten minutes in the glass. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2018 white tasting.
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Tim Jackson MW, jancisrobinson.com
Jancis Robinson MW
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BP&F have 1.2 ha in two plots. One, in Dessous in an old Roman quarry on the border with Puligny, producing wines that Frédéric Weber describes as true Perrières, salty and rich. The other plot is higher, retains more acidity and produces wine close in style to Chevalier-Montrachet . Intense and really big! Green fruit but alcohol evident. Overall demonstrating the concentration of Perrières with, in this case, a hint of almonds. (JR)
The 2018 Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières is showing very nicely from bottle, offering up a youthful but already expressive bouquet of citrus oil, pear, blanched almonds, pastry cream and white flowers. Medium to full-bodied, racy and incisive, it's elegantly textural, with fine concentration, tangy acids, and a precise, mineral finish. While this Perrières is already deceptively charming, if it gains in depth and complexity with bottle age as much as I suspect it will, this score may seem conservative.
About the producer
Bouchard Père & Fils is one of Burgundy’s oldest and most established wine producers. Founded in 1731 by Michel Bouchard, it is the largest vineyard owner in the Côte d’Or with 130 hectares of vines.