France · Burgundy · Cote de Beaune · Meursault White · Still · wine-wine · 1601279
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| Price / case | Vintage | Packing | Qty | Location |
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| 2790.00 HKD | 2017 | 3 x 75cl | 1 | hk / Hong Kong |
| 4263.60 HKD | 2018 | 6 x 75cl | 3 | hk / Hong Kong |
| 570.57 GBP | 2018 | 6 x 75cl | 1 | uk / United Kingdom |
| 1170.40 GBP | 2021 | 12 x 75cl | 4 | uk / United Kingdom |
| 12289.20 HKD | 2022 | 12 x 75cl | 1 | hk / Hong Kong |
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| Vintage | Packing | Offers | Bids | Market price | WA rating |
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| 2015 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 8609.88 | 90 |
| 2015 | 3 x 1.5L | 0 | 0 | 90 | |
| 2015 | 6 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 4304.94 | 90 |
| 2016 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 13719.84 | 91 |
| 2016 | 6 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 6859.92 | 91 |
| 2017 | 3 x 75cl | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 6 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 92 | |
| 2018 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 10599.36 | 92 |
| 2018 | 6 x 75cl | 2 | 0 | 5299.68 | 92 |
| 2019 | 6 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 11208.36 | |
| 2020 | 6 x 75cl | 1 | 0 | 5604.18 | |
| 2021 | 12 x 75cl | 1 | 0 | 12653.52 | |
| 2021 | 6 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | 6326.76 | |
| 2022 | 12 x 75cl | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 6 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 6 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6256 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7736 | 12 x 75cl | 0 | 0 |
Rating: 92 –92
The 2018 Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes wafts from the glass with a lovely bouquet of green orchard fruit, nutmeg, mandarin and fresh pastry. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and enveloping, it's layered and textural, with a fleshy core, lively acids and good length on the finish.
Rating: 88 –90
The 2015 Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes has a lightly honeyed bouquet that needed a little coaxing from the glass. The palate is fresh and crisp on the entry and appears quite effervescent, offering notes of orange zest, brown spices and green apple, gently building to a lively finish that just needs more aftertaste to come through. Hopefully that will develop by the time it is in bottle.
Rating: 90 –90
The 2013 Meursault 1er Cru Charmes has a tertiary, stonier bouquet than the Meursault Chevalières. The palate has a pleasant, flinty opening, not deep but harmonious with a pleasant bitter lemon notes toward the finish. This is one of the domaine's best wines this year.
Rating: 86 –88
The 2012 Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes comes from the estate’s 1.25 hectare of vine, much of which is populated by vines in excess of 60 years. It is endowed with moderate complexity on the nose, and though it gains delineation in the glass, it just falls short of some of its peers. With gentle aeration there are hints of Alpine stream and cold stone. The palate is rounded on the entry though it is offset by a keen line of acidity and builds to a powerful saline finish. It is a little uncouth at present, but it may learn some manners after bottling. I made a quick visit to Xavier Monnot’s winery, located next to his impressive grand maison tucked behind the church in the center of Meursault. The wines are branded under his own name in the United States, but elsewhere he adopts his grandfather’s title of Domaine Rene Monnier. A little like Yves Boyer-Martenot, Xavier’s present holdings have been inherited from his ancestors, with some parcels presently rented from his mother and sister, his father having passed away when he was a child. The domaine now farms around 17 hectares of vineyard in the Cote de Beaune. Xavier’s wines are well-crafted, perhaps not quite reaching the heights of its greatest exponents, but commercially savvy wines designed for mass appeal.
Rating: 89 –89
From two tiny parcels – one with old vines, one bordering Puligny Referts – the Monnot 2007 Meursault Charmes smells musky and florally perfumed; combines creaminess with palpable underlying density; and finishes penetratingly, with bright citrus and salinity slightly disconnected from the mid-palate impression. I perceive springs of energy that could come to this wine’s aid, and it picked up more refinement and succulence as it opened to the air. But it will need to achieve greater harmony. Still, it will be well worth revisiting. Young Xavier Monnot – for some further notes on whom, consult issues 170 and 180 – bottled his vintage 2007 whites largely in November, 2008, and a few at 11 months. They all came in between 12.25 and 13% natural alcohol, but he did roughly a third to a half of a percent capitalization for the sake of prolonging and thus in his view improving the fermentations. They were not very charming when I tasted – 8-10 months after bottling – so I can only hope that this was a stage. Importer: Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, DC; tel. (202) 832-9083
Rating: 92 –92
The 2014 Meursault 1er Cru Charmes, which I tasted from a bottle closed under DIAM, was reticent at first, but gradually reveals scents of melted butter and almond, demonstrating good intensity. The palate is very well balanced, lightly spiced with citrus fruit, white peach, walnut and nectarine as it fans out with a sense of confidence on the pithy finish. This is a really well-crafted white Burgundy from Xavier Monnot, destined to give pleasure over the next 10-12 years.
Rating: 91 –93
The 2020 Meursault Les Charmes 1er Cru has a perfumed bouquet with citrus peel, chai tea, hints of white chocolate and a touch of stem ginger. There is ample weight on the palate, quite sapid with a fine line of acidity, just a hint of green olive towards the finish that fans out with confidence. This is a fine Meursault-Charmes.
Rating: 91 –91
The 2016 Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes has a straightforward bouquet that opens nicely in the glass with scents of yellow flower, hazelnut and a mote of chalk dust. The palate is well balanced with a fresh, quite tensile entry. There is a good line of acidity here, focused and poised with just the right amount of salinity on the finish. This comes recommended.
Rating: 92 –92
Monnot's 2017 Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes is a success, offering up aromas of ripe lemons, citrus oil, honeycomb and a deft touch of new wood. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, ample and nicely concentrated, with a deep, layered core and a compelling sense of completeness. While it will drink well young, this has the substance to evolve in bottle.
Rating: 91 –91
From two parcels – one with old vines – the Monnot 2006 Meursault Charmes displays admirable concentration and a combination of bright, refreshing citrus with buttery richness of texture and opulently ripe, honey-drenched pit fruits. Like a luscious, fruit-filled pastry, yet not at all heavy or cloying, and with considerable spice and mineral nuance emerging in the finish, this should be delightful to follow for at least the next 6-8 years. Young Xavier Monnot is out to elevate the fruits of his grandfather Rene Monnier’s acreage to new heights in both white (60%) and red. (See issue 170 for a report on the latter. Some wines continue to be bottled under the “Rene Monnier” name, but not in the U.S.) Ambitions here include an ongoing program for re-planting with mass selections from selected old vines in Meursault. Monnot did not begin harvesting until September 24 (continuing into the first days of October). He thinks it foolish to flirt with low sulfur, and the level of dosage in these young wines no doubt contributes in part their brightness. Importer: Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, DC; tel. (202) 832-9083