Madam Veuve Point Meursault 2016

Its golden appearance, clear and brilliant, is accompanied by silvery highlights. Its bouquet develops a concentration of aromas which exhales notes of almond, grilled hazelnuts, butter and honey, white flowers (hawthorn, elder, fern, linden, and verbena) and mineral (flint). In the mouth, the combination is structured around a rich, full body with flavors of hazelnut and toasted bread. Here is a nice balance between fullness and freshness. It’s a great white wine for aging. This wine has the breadth to accompany poultry and meats in cream sauce. It pairs perfectly with shellfish, both grilled and in sauce such as shrimp, lobster or spiny lobster. Blue cheeses and foie gras make it the ideal ally as well.

The Meursault vineyard occupies the southern part of the Côte de Beaune and extends over gentle slopes ranging between 230 and 360 meters of altitude with a very favorable orientation. This long market town has a succession of small vineyard houses and large middle class properties. The arrow of the steeple seems to be the work of fairies: its stone needle culminates at a height of 53 meters. These excellent wine producing lands were developed by the monks of Cîteaux beginning in 1098. The vineyard finds its excellence in its limestone marls. Disappearing into the earth at Nuits-Saint-Georges, this hard limestone of Comblanchien reappears here as well as further south, and we leave the red wines behind to visit the whites. This is what Chardonnay does best in the Côte de Beaune!