2004 Meursault Perrières 1er Cru

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Meursault

Burgundy

Color

White

Grape/Blend

Chardonnay

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Other wines tasted: 2004 Meursault Santenots*.

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Martin Prieur describes 2004 as "a vintage with a lot of purity and fruit, creamy like 2000 but with more material, more density." Co-manager Bertrand Devillard believes that it's a great vintage for Burgundy's white wines, "like a crisper version of 1992," but more difficult in pinot noir due to the August hailstorm and the large size of the crop. Domaine Prieur always harvests very late, and the 2004 whites were not chaptalized. As always, tasting the young wines here was an adventure, as the malos in this very cold cellar are normally late. Incidentally, more new oak than usual was used in 2003 "to give more backbone to the wines," according to Prieur. (W. J. Deutsch & Sons, White Plains, NY) Also tasted: Meursault Santenots*.