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2014 Meursault Les Perrières 1er Cru

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Meursault

Burgundy

Color

White

Grape/Blend

Chardonnay

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Like so many growers on the Côte de Beaune, Thierry Matrot has struggled with tiny production in recent years, having made 80% less wine than usual in 2012, 70% less in 2013 and 60% in 2014. "So things are looking up," he concluded. Matrot described 2014 as a year with healthy levels of tartaric acidity, with "a lemon-limey quality like 2011. It's a pretty vintage that will be easy to drink young but that has the material to age." He started harvesting on September 15, bringing in fruit with around 13% potential alcohol, and he told me he did not chaptalize any of his Meursault cuvées.

Interestingly, Matrot belives that 2014 offers a more classic expression of terroir than either 2013 or 2012. "With even lower yields in the two earlier years, and more stress on the vines, we risk losing the character of the terroir," he explained. He added that 2013 "has a certain austerity" and that it may be more necessary to age these wines than the 2014s, "which have more sucrosité."