Chateau de Meursault - Volnay 1er Cru 'Clos des Chenes' Red 2019 Magnum

Wine Region:Burgundy - France

Grape:100% Pinot Noir.

Tasting notes:The nose is elegant, freshness, fruity (a delicate fruit), precise and offer a small velvety side as well as a small deepness. It reveals notes of crushed cassis, creamy boysenberry and small notes of crushed raspberry associated with touches of cherries, plum blossom, violet, hints of graphite, toasted hazelnut as well as a hint of sweet blond tobacco and vanilla bourbon. The mouth is fruity, elegant, beautifully gourmand, beautifully silky, structured, precise and offers a beautiful fruit, precision, energy, an acidulous frame as well as unctuosity. The wine expresses notes of acidulous cassis, creamy blackberry, slight hint of pulpy/tangy raspberry associated with touch of juicy cherry, dark chocolate, licorice pod as well as fine touch of toasted almond, hint of vanilla Bourbon. Tannins are precise, elegant, racy and slightly sharp.  A beautiful freshness on the palate.

About the winery:The Château de Meursault estate comprises 60 hectares of vines. It is one of the Côte de Beaune’s most richly endowed estates, indeed no less than 23 hectares of its holdings lie in Premier Cru and Grand Cru appellations. The estate’s origins go back to the 11th century. From 1666 it was owned by Pierre de Blancheton, a lawyer in the Burgundy Parliament, and it remained in his family until the Revolution. At the beginning of the 19th century the estate was enlarged, mainly thanks to the Serre family who made important modifications to the Château’s architecture and considerably developed the vineyards. After passing down through successive generations, it came into the hands of the Count of Moucheron, who left it to his eldest son, Étienne. At that time the estate was about a quarter of its size today. In 1973 André Boisseaux, founder of the Kriter Group, bought the Château and devoted a lot of energy and taste to its restoration. Finally in 2012 the estate was acquired by Olivier Halley, a wine lover who has always had a passionate conviction towards the greatness of Burgundy’s vineyards.

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