A village Meursault from 2000, chosen and aged by Maison Leroy. It is a good example of what the house is known for: white Burgundy released with long, undisturbed cellar age behind it.
About This Wine
Meursault is the largest white-wine village of the Côte de Beaune, and its village wines are usually rounder and more buttery than those of Puligny or Chassagne. After more than two decades, this bottle should have moved well into its mature phase, where nutty and honeyed notes take over from fresh fruit.
Tasting Profile
- Nose: Hazelnut, brioche, ripe lemon and a touch of beeswax.
- Palate: Round and mouth-filling, with dried orchard fruit and a savoury, developed middle.
- Finish: Nutty and persistent, still with enough acidity to keep it lively.
Serving & Food
Stand the bottle upright for a day, then serve around 12°C in a generous glass; there is no need to decant. Best opened soon. It sits well with pan-fried sole meunière, Hainanese chicken rice, or a creamy mushroom risotto.
How to Enjoy
Anyone who wants to taste properly aged Meursault without waiting twenty years.
Product Details
Producer: Maison Leroy
Vintage: 2000
Appellation: Meursault
Region: Burgundy, France
Grape: Chardonnay
Format: 750mL
Solera SKU: BURLERMLME0750000000
About the Maison
Few négociants can offer 20, 30 or even 40-year-old wines that have lain unmoved since bottling, and that is the core of the Maison Leroy offer. Madame Bize-Leroy buys wine rather than grapes, and a lot that is chosen may then sit in the family cellars for many years.
The house is often described as a library of older Burgundy. Recent releases have mixed young bottlings with whites and reds from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, all coming straight from those cellars with a clear, unbroken history.