2019 Benjamin Leroux, Meursault, Blanc

The 2019 Meursault Village, which includes 20% from Blagny, was the only cru racked in tank during my tasting. It has a crisp, clean walnut and dried honey bouquet, hints of white chocolate coming through. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, quite citric in style, and tensile with a focused, Puligny-like finish. Very precise for a Village Cru.

Aromas of pear, clear honey, ripe citrus fruit and white flowers preface the 2019 Meursault Village, a medium-bodied, lively, moderately concentrated white that concludes with an elegantly chalky finish. It's an attractive, understated middleweight that will drink well on release.

His stronghold for whites. Mostly on clay at the foot of the slope. Plus a parcel underneath the wood in Blagny above La Pièce sous le Bois from Matrot. In 2019 they did 20 hl/ha. He doesn’t usually mix his own and bought grapes out of curiosity until final blending. Tank sample. Broad and quite rich on the nose. Quite sweet on palate entry. Halfway to old-fashioned Meursault. Long. (JR)