2018 Meursault Charmes du Dessus
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The 2018 Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes-Dessus is showing well, wafting from the glass with notes of pear, white flowers, peach, fresh pastry and praline. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, muscular and textural, with succulent acids and an expansive finish. It's being matured in a 600-liter barrel.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
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The 2018 Meursault Les Charmes-Dessus 1er Cru is the maiden vintage from Leroux and offers scents of citrus fruit, chalk dust and a touch of hazelnut. The palate is well balanced with orange zest and light apricot notes, a fine bead of acidity and a light, saline finish. Good length, although maybe this year I am more taken with the Porusots... for now.
New wine for him. Rented vines. 20 ares (0.49 acre) of 50-year-old vines (‘not really old’). 10 years ago he tried to get the fruit from these vines but couldn’t (he was not as well known then) and now they came to him. Barrel sample. Smoky/dusty citrus. More delicate than the Genevrières Dessus just tasted. Very tight and quite oaky on the palate, lovely precision and pointed citrus flavours. Lean and fresh. Succulent freshness if not the same intensity as in the Genevrières Dessus and Dessous. (JH)