2006 Meursault Petits Charrons
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A portion of old, low yielding vines and very low yields appear to me what makes it reasonable that Ente’s 2006 Meursault Les Petits Charrons – a wine of village ranking – be served after his Gouttes d’Or premier cru. Once again, we have an understated (yet striking) wine, featuring “cool” herbal, white peach, and citrus characteristics, in this instanced with intriguing hints of mushroom stock, wet stone, and a savory, saline, umami-rich note that – when allied to the citrus – makes for a positively Pavlovian finish. The texture here is subtly oily yet the overall impression is sleek and fleet-footed. This should be fascinating for follow for at least 5-7 years. Ente began picking September 13, finishing in six days. The result is wines of consistent clarity and refreshment, as well as full of nuances that call forth a mineral vocabulary. Use of demi-muids rather than barriques to raise many of the wines here helps ward off any overt woodiness. Eighty percent of Ente’s wine is exported, most of that to the U.S. and U.K. Importer: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA; tel (510) 524-1524
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Pure aromas of peach, citrus peel and acacia flower. Supple and sweet but with ripe, penetrating acidity giving this fruit bomb lovely inner-mouth perfume. There's an almost creamy quality to the ripe peachy flavor. Finishes long and open. This is awfully easy to drink right now.
(from 1990 and 1953 plantings) Pale, green-tinged yellow. Musky white flowers and ripe peach on the enticing nose. Fat, rich and creamy but with lovely ripe acidity giving this the sugar/acid balance of the platonic peach. This is impressively concentrated and long, finishing with palate-saturating persistence of fruit. The crop level here was just 28 hectoliters per hectare, according to Ente, as the young vines are degenerating and the old vines never produce a large crop. A splendid village wine in the making.