Reviews & Scores
Rich, vibrant and fruity, with spice and mineral elements, this white delivers fine complexity and harmony. Lime blossom, green apple, lemon verbena and stony notes linger expressively, revealing a tinge of toasted brioche. (BS) - WS
WS94June 2014
Pale greenish-yellow. Subdued aromas of citrus peel, white peach and vanilla, with complicating notes of hazelnut and white truffle. Rich, seamless and generous but also with terrific verve to the soft citrus, hazelnut and oatmeal flavors. Broad without being weighty, boasting terrific inner-mouth lift. Best today on the tactille, vibrant, slowly building finish, which leaves the retronasal passage quivering. From vines planted in the 1940s. - VM
VM94October 2013
The 2011 Meursault 1er Cru Charmes comes from 70-year-old vines that Jean-Marc confesses do not possess the ideal location within the climat. It is very harmonious on the nose although it does not possess the intellect of Clos des Boucheres. The palate is showing a little reduction at the moment although there is good weight in the mouth, but it declines to demonstrate as much complexity on the finish as I would have hoped. This needs time. - WA
WA92August 2013
The pungent aromas of reduction are all that can be seen at present. There is a wonderfully seductive mouth feel to the extract-rich, intense, detailed and energetic medium-bodied flavors that possess very fine mid-palate concentration before culminating in a strikingly complex finish that is not only quite persistent but really fans out as it lingers. In a word, terrific. - BH
BH94June 2013