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2002 Meursault Les Perrières 1er Cru

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Meursault

Burgundy

Color

White

Grape/Blend

Chardonnay

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Thierry Matrot, who harvested during the last week of August, describes 2003 as "an exotic vintage, vinified in the normal way, except for the addition of a bit of acid to correct what would have been lost during the fermentation. "The young vines lost their leaves, Matrot added, which exposed the grapes to burning sun. As a result, there were a lot of pink grapes in 2003, "like gewurztraminer. "The wines finished with residual sugars typically in the low to moderate 1. 2 to 1. 5 grams-per-liter range, but show a more glyceral texture than most recent years; alcohol levels range from 14. 2% for the village wines to 14. 5% for the premier crus. Matrot limited his batonnage to a single stirring, which he told me he did "for fun. " Matrot describes his 2002s as relatively easy wines with very good balance, "complete examples of Burgundy from Meursault. They should even dominate the 1990s and 1985s. "(Vineyard Brands, Birmingham AL Chateau & Estate Wines, New York NY

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Thierry Matrot described the 2002 flowering as bizarre. There was a lot of coulure in the premier cru vines, and the crop was small," he explained. But then, during the last third of the flowering, the vines on red soils flowered very quickly during a period of heat. So we had high yields in the village wines and low in the premier crus. We also had a very dry year, with rainfall down 40% from normal. There was plenty of light but not much heat in August." Matrot already rates 2002 as one of the great white wine vintages for this domain, along with 1999, 1990 and 1985. It's better than 1999 in terms of finesse," he pointed out. Matrot noted that in 2001 the work in the vines was critical to making good wines. For the first time, he carried out a green harvest that summer in all of his parcels, even the old vines. Two thousand one is a very classic style, with the wines true to their appellations. It's a fruity vintage, fuller than 2000. The wines show a white peach quality and a tactile texture, while the 2000s are more floral."