2023 | Bernard Millot Meursault 1er Cru "Les Gouttes d'Or" | Burgundy | France Minervois Genuine Haut-Médoc structure and cellar-worthiness

Genuine Haut-Médoc structure and cellar-worthiness → its St-Julien neighbors cost several times more → at $45

Irony and smoky intensity on the very youthful nose

and a regal

red fruit character with background flavors of spice

low-intervention wine made to express the vineyard as a whole rather than any single variety: fresh

2023 | Bernard Millot Meursault 1er Cru "Les Gouttes d'Or" | Burgundy | France Minervois Genuine Haut-Médoc structure and cellar-worthinessA 1er Cru Meursault from the storied Gouttes d'Or rich, golden white Burgundy. Bernard Millot is a Meursault producer, and "Les Gouttes d'Or" ("drops of gold") is one of the village's most famous 1er Cru sites, named for the golden, opulent whites it yields. This is Chardonnay in the classic Meursault mold: rich, nutty and honeyed, with orchard fruit and a saline, mineral backbone. A Meursault 1er Cru Gouttes d'Or is white Burgundy at its most golden.