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Domaine Roulot, Meursault Les Meix Chavaux 1996
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Tasting notes
Reviewed by: William Kelley
Opening in the glass with notes of dried white flowers, waxy citrus rind, crisp Anjou pear and iodine, Roulot's 1996 Meursault Les Meix Chavaux is medium to full-bodied, satiny and incisive, with a racy spine of acidity and searing levels of concentration, concluding with a long and penetrating finish.
Reviewed by: Pierre Rovani
The Meursault Les Meix-Chavaux is less rich, but more refined than the Vireuils. An elegant nose of creamy nuts and toast is followed by a delicious, extremely lively, medium-bodied core of mineral and metallic flavors. This first-rate village wine should be consumed between 1999 and 2004. The rating, with the range of scores in parentheses, indicates the wine was tasted from cask, not bottle. Importer: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA; tel (510) 524-1524.
About the Producer
Domaine Roulot, founded by Guillaume Roulot in 1830, is well respected Meursault-based domaine producing mainly Chardonnay wines from a range of premier cru and village-level sites across the appellation. The wines are held in high esteem by critics and are much sought-after. The domaine is currently run by actor-turned-winemaker Jean-Marc Roulot. Roulot has numerous holdings across Meursault premiers crus, including 0.28 hectares (0.69 acres) in Charmes, 0.26 hectares (0.64 acres) in Perrières and 0.16 hectares (0.39 acres) in Les Bouchères, as well as 0.2 hectares (0.5 acres) in neighboring Monthélie Premier Cru Les Champs Fulliots. A further four hectares (ten acres) cover village-level vineyards in Meusault such as Les Luchets and Les Tessons Clos de Mon Plaisir – a wine strongly associated with the Roulot label. All are Chardonnay based wines, although the domaine also produces an Aligoté, a Bourgogne Blanc and Rouge, an Auxey-Duresses Premier Cru, and a village-level red. The red wines are made from Pinot Noir – Burgundy's key red grape variety. Domaine Roulot established itself in the upper echelon of white Burgundy producers under the late Guy Roulot. Guy was one of the first producers of the region to bottle single vineyards separately, including village lieux-dits. He died in 1982 and his son Jean-Marc took over in 1989, farming the vineyards organically. As well as winemaking, Jean-Marc Roulot is also known for his cinematographic appearances (he initially studied screen acting in Paris), including the Burgundy-based coming-of-age film Ce Qui Nous Lie (released as "Back to Burgundy" for anglophone audiences), parts of which were filmed at the domaine
