Tasted 29 March 2026
Côte de Beaune · Meursault 1er Cru
This was a favorite, with a tension-filled delivery that is laced with flinty reduction and yellow/orange core fruit. This was competing neck and neck with the 2022 Boillot Corton Charlie. The CC had a slight edge from…
Though this is rich and a little heady at first pass, it quickly kicks in with the acid and mild reduction, making for a swirling of both deep and racy elements. At once broad and meaty, and then…
Yellow citrus, lemon curd, and yellow pear dominate here, with a hit of reduction that finishes with a combination of flint/smoke/matchstick and a kiss of tropical yellow stone fruit. The strong…
One of the best Henri Boillot bottles I've had in a while, out-classing Mouchere, Corton Charlie (which are more angular and blocky when young), and even Batard (though Batard has elevated focus,…
