Meursault 2024: Top picks from a host of ageworthy wines
Top producers overcame weather obstacles and some great wines emerged from Meursault in 2024, often showing the structure for ageing.
Meursault (along with Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet) had, in many respects, less difficulty with the weather in 2024 than many of its neighbours.
The success is due to the dominance of Chardonnay, which had a more successful flowering and was less affected by mildew than the Pinot Noir.
Scroll down for Charles Curtis MW’s 20 top-scoring Meursault 2024 wines
The vintage still required ceaseless work in the vineyard, but the wines from top producers have a combination of seductive fruit aromas on the nose and the structure to age.
Pierre Lafon of Domaine des Comtes Lafon says: ‘2024 was really hard in the vineyard but really easy in the cellar’.
‘For white wines, we “only” lost 25% of the crop and managed to make all of the cuvées,’ he says.
Brian Sieve, winemaker at Domaine de Montille, says that much of the vineyard work was done earlier to preserve freshness in the wine and combat the effects of global warming. ‘The whole cycle is earlier – we plough earlier to open up soils, we pick earlier than we used to, but we still prune late,’ he says.
Benjamin Leroux is a negociant with growing holdings in Meursault, which expanded this year. He had enough grapes in 2024 to produce seven different bottlings of Meursault.
This includes: a blended Meursault village; village-level single-vineyard wines from Vireuils and Narvaux; and premiers crus from Genevrières and Charmes. There are also two separate cuvées of the Meursault Blagny premier cru La Pièce Sous le Bois, separating the old vine fruit for individual bottling in magnum.
Wines from these producers and others tasted blind indicate that 2024 will be a delicious year for Meursault and that the best wines will warrant laying down for a decade or more.
Top picks from Meursault in 2024:
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Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Meursault, 1er Cru Perrieres, Burgundy, France, 2024
Lafon’s Perrières is often among the finest wines in the appellation; I frequently think of it as 'the grand cru of Meursault,' although it isn't....
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Benjamin Leroux, Meursault, 1er Cru Genevrières-Dessus, Burgundy, France, 2024
Concentrated and powerful, the Meursault Genevrières-Dessus (from the upper part of the vineyard) is an impressive wine, with aromas of ripe, spicy pears, lush flowers...
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Domaine Pierre Vincent, Meursault, 1er Cru Les Charmes, Burgundy, France, 2024
According to Pierre Vincent, 'If I could do this every year, I would!' His 2024 Meursault Charmes is exceptional, with aromas that veer in the...
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00 Wines, Meursault, 1er Cru Les Charmes, Burgundy, France, 2024
Stylish without being exaggerated, and eminently worth drinking. The bright lemon and nectarine fruit is accented with notes of attractively smoky reduction, acacia flowers, marzipan...
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Benjamin Leroux, Meursault, 1er Cru Les Charmes Dessus, Burgundy, France, 2024
Leroux’s Charmes-Dessus vies with his Meursault Blagny and his Genevrières-Dessus as the best white premier cru in the cellar. It has all the aromas of...
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Bouchard Père & Fils, Meursault, 1er Cru Les Gouttes d'Or, Burgundy, France, 2024
Prominent, lush aromas of Mirabelle plum and melon lead the initial attack, with accents of butter, spice and hazelnut. The texture is dense and warm,...
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Domaine Alvina Pernot, Meursault, 1er Cru La Pièce sous le Bois, Burgundy, France, 2024
A delight, with pronounced aromas of gooseberry and greengage plums, accented with hawthorn flowers and verbena. The texture is surprisingly creamy, rich and long, particularly...
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Domaine de Montille, Meursault, 1er Cru Porusots, Burgundy, France, 2024
This has always been a distinctive wine; in 2024, winemaker Brian Sieve got it exactly right, with prominent aromas of ripe apple, Mirabelle plum and...
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Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Meursault, 1er Cru Genevrières, Burgundy, France, 2024
Lafon’s half-hectare in Genevrières has produced a tiny crop in 2024 – on top of the brutal weather, one third had just been replanted. The...
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Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Meursault, 1er Cru Les Gouttes d'Or, Burgundy, France, 2024
Lively and forward, offering aromas of pomelo and passion fruit on the nose, leading into a texture on the palate that is dense and substantial,...
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Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Meursault, 1er Cru Porusots, Burgundy, France, 2024
Porusots was the last vineyard to be picked in 2024. Patience has its rewards, as this has impressive depth and concentration. Ripe aromas of peach...
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Domaine Joseph Drouhin, Meursault, 1er Cru Perrieres, Burgundy, France, 2024
Deliriously delicious and one of the highlights of my autumn tasting here. Shows bright, forward fruit aromas of lemon peel and nectarine, with notes of...
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Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey, Meursault, 1er Cru Perrieres, Burgundy, France, 2024
The Meursault Perrières from PYCM has more saline minerality than his other offerings from this village. It displays a judicious amount of smoky reduction –...
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