Meursault 1er cru Genevrières Cuvée des Pierre 2020

LATOUR-GIRAUD

Meursault 1er cru Genevrières Cuvée des Pierre
2020

Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Burgundy
Subregion
Côte de Beaune
Appellation
Meursault
Classification
1er cru
Varietal(s)
Chardonnay 100 %
Colour
White
Sugar
Dry
Producer's website
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About this winery

The Latour-Giraud estate has been established in the village of Meursault for many generations. Focused primarily on Meursault, the estate owns an impressive range of Premier Cru and Villages vineyards between 20 and 50+ years old, such as the largest Premier Cru Genevrières vineyard in which two thirds of the vines are more than 50 years old. Latour-Giraud specializes in white burgundy, which accounts for 80% of their production. They own an impressive 2 ha within Mersault, and also have...

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Press reviews

Burghound.com

- 95 points -

June 2024 (Vintage 2022)

(from 50+ year old vines that see a bit more new wood though this means 33% rather than 25%). Here too the expressive nose is beautifully layered with its aromas of exotic tea, smoked green apple, acacia and plenty of citrus elements. The super-sleek, intense and equally gorgeously textured, and more mineraldriven, flavors display impressive length on the unusually powerful finish that exhibits outstanding depth and persistence. This bone-dry, youthfully austere and compact effort is also exceptionally classy and should be great wine in time. Brilliant.

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(93-95) Points

June 2025 (Vintage 2023)

(from 50+ year old vines that see a bit more new wood though this means 33% rather than 25%). Much like the regular cuvée, this is also quite cool and elegant with a plenitude of floral elements adding breadth to the very pretty and naturally exotic aromas of honeysuckle, white peach, anise, exotic tea and citrus confit scents. The succulent, round and impressively scaled broad-shouldered flavors display solid power on the very tightly wound, balanced and wonderfully persistent, lemony and bone-dry finish. This is also terrific.

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(93-95) points

June 2023 (Vintage 2021)

(from 50+ year old vines that see a bit more new wood though this means 33% rather than 25%; 1 barrel made rather than the usual 4 to 5 and as such, it will be bottled exclusively in magnum format). A reserved nose is a lovely marriage of mineral reduction, exotic tea, a plethora of floral elements and a very subtle application of oak. The palate impression is similar as it combines concentration, power and refinement along with an almost pungent minerality that adds lift to the lemony, youthfully austere and very tightly coiled finale that goes on and on. This is terrific and a wine that should age effortlessly and particularly so in large format.

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93-96 Points

June 2022 (Vintage 2020)

Here too there is a vague whiff of the exotic on the markedly spicy aromas of dried peach, pear, apricot, passion fruit and a similar background note of phenolic character. There is again excellent volume to the overtly stony medium weight flavors that brim with sappy dry extract on the balanced and superbly persistent finale. This ageworthy effort is also very, very classy and a wine that is worth a special search to find.

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