Domaine Henri Boillot : Meursault 1er cru "Clos Richemont" Monopole 2023

Characteristics and tasting notes for Meursault 2023 Domaine Henri Boillot

Tasting

Colour
The colour reveals an elegant bright yellow hue, enhanced by subtle green highlights that reflect its great freshness.

Nose
The aromatic bouquet opens with dominant notes of yellow fruits, such as apple and pear, accompanied by delicate touches of white flowers. Ageing brings lovely complexity with gourmand nuances of brioche, butter and hazelnut.

Palate
The attack reveals a full and dense texture, perfectly balanced by remarkable mineral precision. The palate unfolds generous peach flavours combined with a chiselled tension, extending into a long finish marked by great freshness and elegant salinity.

Food and wine pairing

This white wine pairs wonderfully with fine fish such as turbot, sole meunière or sea bass in a salt crust, as well as with shellfish like lobster or langoustines. It also brilliantly accompanies white meats in sauce, mushroom risotto or matured cheeses such as Comté and Beaufort. For a more understated approach, simple oysters will perfectly showcase its profile.

Service and storage

This Meursault 2023 offers a lovely drinking window from now, and will continue to evolve favourably in the cellar until around 2031, with potential extending to 2035 depending on storage conditions.

The mineral expression and tension of a great Meursault wine

The estate

Founded in 1885, Domaine Henri Boillot is a major reference in Burgundy. Located in Meursault, in the heart of the Côte de Beaune, the estate spans 19 hectares of vines. After being developed by Jean Boillot, it is now managed by Henri Boillot, who unified the family estate in 2005. Charles Boillot was recently appointed as director, succeeding Guillaume Boillot. The estate stands out for its highly considered approach to viticulture and its constant pursuit of the authentic expression of its prestigious terroirs.

The vineyard

This Meursault is crafted from a blend of several plots belonging to the estate, covering around 1.5 hectares, including Les Petits Charrons, Chevalières, Casse Têtes, Luraule and Les Pelles. These old, ungrafted vines thrive on the clay-limestone soils typical of the appellation, cultivated without any chemical weedkillers and with mechanical soil work to preserve the authenticity of the terroir.

The vintage

2023 stands out as one of the warmest years in the region, even surpassing the temperatures of the previous year. The growing cycle was marked by significant frost pressure in spring, which led to a roughly 25% drop in yields, favouring excellent qualitative concentration in the grapes at harvest.

Winemaking and ageing

The grapes for this Meursault 2023 are harvested by hand at optimal ripeness. After gentle pressing and settling, the juice is transferred directly into barrels without any lees stirring, in order to preserve aromatic purity. Ageing takes place over 12 months, exclusively in 350-litre barrels, a technical distinctiveness of the estate. The proportion of new oak is kept between 20 and 25%, with the remainder made up of once-used barrels.

Grape variety

This wine is made exclusively from Chardonnay.