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"(made from four different parcels): Very ripe stone fruit aromas show more lift than the Ormeau. Juicy and pure if slightly bitter-edged, displaying a liqueur-like mirabelle quality and firm acidity. Incidentally, Boyer predicted that he'd only be able to make 5 barrels of this wine in 2016 due to the late-April frost, vs. 35 in a normal year. - Stephen Tanzer"

The Wine:
This is a special cuvee in honour of his Grandfather Fernand. The grapes come from four high quality plots Les Pelles, Sous la Velle, Au Moulin Landau and Le Pre de Manche.
“Classic, elegant nose with pure honey and white peaches. A touch more tropical fruit on the palate with wild honeycomb, wonderful balance and purity. Silky texture that flows onto a generous fruit finish. Brilliant.” Drink 2016-2020. (JG, Dec 2015)

About the winery:
This is a truly spectacular domaine, blissfully underrated and therefore a bargain given its level of quality. With choice holdings of old non-clonal vines, Vincent Boyer (who has now taken over the domaine from his father Yves) achieves naturally low yields, which gives his wines great power and expression. On that note, he believes firmly in allowing site character to express itself clearly, as illustrated in his many single-vineyard offerings. His wines occupy a best-of-both-worlds position; they have vineyard typicity and terroir expressiveness on the one hand, and multidimensional flavors and textures on the other. Vincent guides the wines through lengthy malolactic fermentations on their own wild yeasts, followed by aging 12 months in oak, approximately one-third of which is new.

This estate’s stupendous Bourgogne Blanc is the equivalent of many producers’ village-level Meursault, and the wines just get better from there. The lieu-dit Meursault “L’Ormeau” comes from 80-90 year-old vines in the heart of the vineyard, and is very intense and long. Of his fantastic premier crus, “Les Perrieres” tends toward raciness and steely minerality, while “Les Charmes” – considered by many to be the greatest wine in his lineup – is harmonious, ripe, honeyed, and luscious. Yves also produces two wonderful Puligny-Montrachet premier crus, competitive with the very best in the appellation.