C'est quoi un grand blanc ?.... bien, c'est ça !
Œil : Belle robe dorée et brillante.
Nez : Le nez offre des notes de miel, de fleurs, la pomme et la poire (fruits blanc). Légère note d'élevage, c'est discret.
Bouche : La bouche offre une belle attaque, du fruit, c'est tendu ! Le milieu est bien ample, rond, goûteux. La finale est longue et précise. La bouteille s'est vidée à vitesse grand "V" !!!
Conclusion : Un Meursault viril et puissant faisant dans la finesse. On n'est pas dans un style lourd et toasté. C'est frais, ferme, sérieux. Carrément superbe ! Oui c'était un peu jeune mais je n'ai pas boudé mon plaisir !!!
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Producer note: This 5.5 ha domaine, of which 25% of its production is in red, is directed by 4th generation Michel Buisson, his daughter Catherine and son-in-law Patrick Essa. The reds are normally 100% destemmed though in 2009, some whole clusters were used for all three wines. Essa noted that 2009 was "a relatively easy vintage. The fruit was clean, there wasn't much disease pressure and the phenolics were also quite ripe. We began picking on the 12th of September under perfect weather and while there was some sorting required, it wasn't much. Yields were quite good at around 42 hl/ha for the reds and 48 hl/ha for the whites with sugars that ranged between 13 and 13.4%. I was a bit worried about the acidities but as it turns out, the post-malo pHs were in the 3.5 area, which is just fine. We had absolutely no additions of any kind save for some SO2 and the wines should please everyone as they are drinking well already." The 2009s are the best reds that I have seen from this domaine. The wines were bottled without fining or filtration in December.
Tasting note: A restrained to the point of being discreet set of aromas offers up strikingly complex, pure and spicy ripe white and yellow orchard fruit that complements the succulent, intense and gorgeously delineated flavors that possess superb mid-palate concentration on the explosive and almost painfully intense bone dry finish. This is a 'wow' wine and a true knockout.
Tasted: Feb 01, 2011 Score: 95 Drink: 2015+
- Comments: Sweet spot Outstanding
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