2017 Meursault Les Narvaux
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Aromas of hazelnut cream, green orchard fruit, crisp white peach and spring flowers introduce the 2017 Meursault Les Narvaux, a medium to full-bodied wine with good depth at the core, bright acids and chalky structuring dry extract. It's one of the more reserved wines in this year's collection but it's very promising.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Jancis Robinson MW
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Lower elevation than Les Chenevottes and more sunny. Racked and back to barrel in August. Will spend several months in tank before bottling in May. Creamy pears, less citrusy than the Chassagnes just tasted. A hint of white blossom. Broader in the mouth than the Chassagnes and needs a bit more time to mesh the spicy richness and the fresh acidity. Less finesse here but great length once again. Tension sticks out a little at the moment. (JH)
Pale, bright yellow-green. More about fruit than the foregoing samples from Chassagne-Montrachet, offering aromas of lime zest, tangerine and orchard fruits, with a mineral element giving lift. Penetrating, linear and backward but not spiky on the palate, showing modest thickness but lovely inner-mouth lift to its dense, dusty citrus zest flavors. Doesn't show the texture of the examples from Chassagne but finishes with lovely rising white-peppery length.
About the producer
Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey (known by many as PYCM) is a négociant and domaine that has become one of the most popular white wine producers in Burgundy – with a prolific number of cuvées from the top Grands and Premiers Crus vineyards in the Côte de Beaune.