{"id":72,"date":"2017-02-09T23:46:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T23:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/?p=72"},"modified":"2017-02-16T19:46:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T19:46:57","slug":"meursault-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/2017\/02\/09\/meursault-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"MEURSAULT MAGIC: BOYER-MARTENOT MEURSAULT LES TILLETS 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOYER-MARTENOT MEURSAULT LES TILLETS 2014<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s something about Meursault. There are always comparisons made between Chardonnays made all over the world against the \u2018motherland\u2019 of white Burgundy, and an occasional case can be made that something might loosely resemble a Puligny or Chassagne. But the distinct, specific streak of toasty, resiny minerality combined with an insistent grilled nut character, is pretty unique. Nothing tastes like Meursault.<\/p>\n

We did not know this small estate when it was presented to us though we were familiar with the top-of-the-hill lieu dit \u2018les Tillets\u2019 from Guy Roulot bottlings we had years ago (Roulot has since become a Meurault superstar a la Coche Dury, so we don\u2019t see much of any of it these days). Boyer Martenot owns land in several Meursault climates and a couple in Puligny. The family estate is over 100 years old and Vincent Boyer is the fourth generation of winemakers and definitely something of a \u2018Meursault whisperer\u2019.<\/p>\n

We had him in the store for the video but he is clearly a man of few words who lets his juice do the talking. He is a terroirist, choosing to sit back and gently facilitate the dirt doing the talking. What\u2019s his secret? He\u2019s not saying. His approach in the vineyard is \u2018hands on\u2019 lutte raison\u00e9e (the short explanation being \u2018failsafe\u2019 organic), all the fermentations are done with the indigenous yeast, and the majority of the bottlings from the single parcels. The wines are, across the board, bright, precise, intensely expressive of the terroir but delicate and refined in every other way.<\/p>\n

Our attraction to the Tillet among his stellar lineup is the very \u2018Meursault\u2019 profile from predominantly thinner, chalkier soils at the top of the hill, and the price performance. This is Meursault in its purest, most native, \u201cless-is-more\u201d sense with the subtle perfume of nuts, mineral, oyster shell, and stone fruits wafting from the glass, a bright, vigorous palate with plenty of verve, and a long, unmistakably classic finish for this particular village. We have had $80 wines from big time names that are considerably less pure and compelling, which kind of makes this one a bargain for the genre as well\u2026$52.98<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BOYER-MARTENOT MEURSAULT LES TILLETS 2014 There\u2019s something about Meursault. There are always comparisons made between Chardonnays made all over the world against the \u2018motherland\u2019 of white Burgundy, and an occasional case can be made that something might loosely resemble a Puligny or Chassagne. But the distinct, specific streak of toasty, resiny minerality combined with an … Continue reading “MEURSAULT MAGIC: BOYER-MARTENOT MEURSAULT LES TILLETS 2014”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[30,29,31,28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winex.com\/stockreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}