2018 Meursault Clos du Cromin

My first visit during over five weeks of tasting was down in Maranges at Domaine Bachelet-Monnot, where Alexandre and Marc Bachelet have been on fire over recent vintages. They approach the vines organically but do not seek certification. "We used some whole bunch but adapted each cuvée to the amount desired," Marc Bachelet told me. "We had no problem with the dry conditions. We commenced picking on 28 August for the whites and the reds were picked from 3 until 8 September, keeping the yield around 40 to 45hl/ha. We use 20% new oak across the range and we were careful with pigeage in order not to over-extract. The malolactic was quite early, around mid-March instead of May/June. The wines were racked two weeks ago. With respect to the whites, I was worried that they were too heavy like the 2015s, but now very happy how they turned out."