2008 Meursault Les Perrieres

The 2008 Meursault Perrières is a stunning white Burgundy for the vintage. It has detailed, vibrant, mineral-laden bouquet that is full of energy and sense of place, cognizant that it comes from one of the appellation’s finest vineyards and not wanting to let you, the grateful imbiber, down. The palate is effortlessly balanced with perfect acidity, immense tension and poise with an elegant, stony, almost conservative finish that delivers wonderful complexity. This may warrant more superlatives with further bottle age. Awesome.

Shy nose. Then lots of structure and really not for drinking now. Structure and chew, all cut jewel. (JR)

Pale, bright yellow. Very ripe, pure nose hints at citrus peel and stone. In the mouth, this is the most invigorating of these 2008s to this point but without coming off as austere. Wonderfully intense and gripping Perrieres with powerful minerality buffering the wine's fat. Plenty of supporting acidity here. Finishes with superb rising length and lift. Seems clearly longer than the 2009, but this penetrating wine calls for a minimum of six or seven years of cellaring.