2001 Meursault Les Boucheres

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Burgundy

Color

White

Grape/Blend

Chardonnay

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Jean-Marc Roulot described the grape sugars in 2001 as "on the low side, about 12.2% to 12.7% in the village wines and 12.8% to 13% for the crus. The hailstorm on August 2 destroyed much of the vegetation, which in turn blocked the maturing process in such vineyards as Tessons, Luchets and Meix Chavaux." Roulot did a gentle pressing following the harvest and due to the fragility of the grape skins carried out very little batonnage Like a number of his colleagues in the village of Meursault, Roulot continues to view 1999 as the best of the recent vintages. The rain affected the village wines more than the crus in 2000," said Roulot. The result is that they don't have the purity or nobility of the '99s, not the same definition of terroir