The Meursault Edit
Few things wrap around Turkey and sides like the chalky, powerful wines of Meursault. Just in time for your holiday weekend we have some of the very best names in our warehouse, and they include the likes of Roulot, Lafon, Coche, Rougeot and Bouzereau. All with their newest releases.
ROUGEOT
We hosted Pierre-Henri Rougeot in Brooklyn earlier this year, and he gave us insight into his work – both at the Domaine (which is here today) and his personal négoce (which lands later in December). And, it confirmed what we've thought for several years now: he's one of this generation's great talents in Burgundy. The farming is biodynamic and the cellar practice is unapologetically patient; even the basic Bourgogne see two winters in barrel. There are no "entry" wines below as they all drink well above their weight, across the board.
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ROULOT
Nothing is slowing down for Jean-Marc Roulot, whose '23s are now here. A plentiful vintage, he was able to bottle all of the top sites and, excitedly, three new terroirs! These wines bear his name on the label rather than the Domaine, a nod to how deeply the estate's quality is rooted in his work.
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COCHE-DURY
Little has changed in the last decade+ under Raphaël Coche, who took the reins from this father in 2010. If anything to note, there are now fewer wines barreled down with the gross less, and almost no battonage anymore in this unicorn cellar. It’s freshened the deeply artisanal estate, where all vineyard sites are horse plowed and finished wines are bottled by hand, making these collectible wines as crystalline as ever.
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LAFON
Dominique Lafon officially retired at the end of 2021, with 2022 as the first Comtes Lafon vintage made by his daughter Léa and nephew Pierre. Many applaud it as a burst of new energy, felt in the wines which this vintage feel as elegant as ever. Dominique is still pressing on with his personal bottlings (also in stock!) offering a snappier take on his style from Aligoté to Grand Cru fruit.
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BOUZEREAU
Michel Bouzereau has quietly risen to Meursault's most rarified air, even if only the savviest collectors might know it. 2023 has been his most visible vintage here yet, so many more of us are tasting his highly regarded work firsthand: despite somewhat restrained practices in the cellar (slow pressing and settling, batonnage used rarely, resting on the fine lees for a year), the wines are absolutely brimming with flavor and mineral tension.
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LA PIERRE RONDE
Biodynamic consultant (famously for Leflaive) Antoine Lepetit de la Bigne has collectors excited with just his third vintage. Somehow both a perfectionist and unafraid to throw convention out the window – e.g. a village-level Meursault aged partially in amphora – it's an intense but open-knit lineup that we're thrilled to have back in the market (not seen since his inaugural release).
