2000 Meursault Goutte d'Or

The stunning 2000 Meursault Goutte d'Or detonates from the glass with hyper-ripe, spicy pear, and white peach aromas. Rich, plush, and fat, this is a medium to full-bodied wine that exhibits pear, oak, and minerals galore. It is opulent and sports an extraordinarily long, pure, fruit-laden finish. Drink it over the next 12 years. Importer: Martine's Wines, San Raphael, CA; tel. (415) 883-0400

The stunning 2000 Meursault Goutte d'Or detonates from the glass with hyper-ripe, spicy pear, and white peach aromas. Rich, plush, and fat, this is a medium to full-bodied wine that exhibits pear, oak, and minerals galore. It is opulent and sports an extraordinarily long, pure, fruit-laden finish. Dec 2001, Drink now to 2015. 

A typical Gouttes d'Or can often be a bit heavy and while never coarse, it is generally not in the league of a fine Perrières, Charmes or Genevrières. However, this is not at all heavy though it is big, rich, mouth coating and ever so slightly honeyed. Quite juicy, almost friendly in style with rounded, thick, dense, concentrated flavors with a fruit/acid balance that beautifully contains all the fat and extract. Very powerful and superbly long and even though this is extremely impressive it simply lacks the raw class of the Folatières.