Grape variety:
Chardonnay.
Vineyard
The site : a few kilometers south of Beaune, in the prestigious Côte des Blancs region.
History & tradition : this is truly one of the oldest villages, because the Mont Milan camp, which dominates the current village, was first built and occupied by Neolithic men (2,500 BC) before being so by the Gauls (- 500) then by the Romans (1st century) to be abandoned for the village of Meursault built during the Gallo-Roman period where the name Muris Saltus was attributed.
The soil : the wine-growing soils are varied: deep and colorful around the village, lighter and lighter on the mid-slope and almost white and very stony in the tops.
Ageing
Type : in barrels, 25% of which are new.
Duration : 12 months.
Tasting by Véronique Boss-Drouhin
A refined wine, appreciated all over the world. A beautiful golden color, a beautiful aromatic richness: honey, linden, hazelnut butter, sometimes chamomile or hawthorn. On the palate, a sensation of silky roundness. The very long persistence evokes plum. yolk and gingerbread .
Service
Temperature : 13 ° C.
Consumption : 4 to 15 years.
Chardonnay.
Vineyard
The site : a few kilometers south of Beaune, in the prestigious Côte des Blancs region.
History & tradition : this is truly one of the oldest villages, because the Mont Milan camp, which dominates the current village, was first built and occupied by Neolithic men (2,500 BC) before being so by the Gauls (- 500) then by the Romans (1st century) to be abandoned for the village of Meursault built during the Gallo-Roman period where the name Muris Saltus was attributed.
The soil : the wine-growing soils are varied: deep and colorful around the village, lighter and lighter on the mid-slope and almost white and very stony in the tops.
Ageing
Type : in barrels, 25% of which are new.
Duration : 12 months.
Tasting by Véronique Boss-Drouhin
A refined wine, appreciated all over the world. A beautiful golden color, a beautiful aromatic richness: honey, linden, hazelnut butter, sometimes chamomile or hawthorn. On the palate, a sensation of silky roundness. The very long persistence evokes plum. yolk and gingerbread .
Service
Temperature : 13 ° C.
Consumption : 4 to 15 years.