Meursault

The wine

Meursault is the largest white-wine village of the Côte de Beaune, growing chardonnay on limestone and white marl. The oak-aged wine is famous for its unctuous texture, notes of fresh butter, toasted hazelnut, warm bread and honey, and an underlying saline minerality. Premiers Crus — Perrières, Charmes, Genevrières, Goutte d'Or — reach rare depth. Top cuvées age fifteen to thirty years, gaining complexity. At the table, Meursault excels with cream-based poultry, scallops, noble fish in sauce and mild pressed cheeses (young Comté, Tome de Savoie). The village makes a little red (Meursault-Blagny) but its identity is white.