2019 Meursault Les Perrieres
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The 2019 Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières is brilliant, unwinding with scents of citrus oil, crisp Anjou pear, green apple, white flowers, crushed chalk and toasted wood. Medium to full-bodied, chiseled and incisive, it's electric and tightly wound, with terrific concentration, appreciable structuring dry extract and a long, mineral finish. As I've written before, Pierre Morey farmed this 0.55-hectare parcel before acquiring it at the end of the 1980s, and the composition of the soils suggests that this was the location where rejected stones from the quarry that lends the climat its name were discarded.
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William Kelley, Wine Advocate
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The 2019 Meursault Les Perrières 1er Cru, which had finished its malo in late spring, was actually still quite reduced on the nose. The palate is well balanced, but the 30% new oak will need a few more weeks to become fully integrated. After the harmonious Les Tessons, this was quite difficult to get a handle on, though all the component parts are there. Just needs time. I will defer judgment for now.