Top 100 wines of Meursault Premier Cru

Discover the top 100 best wines of Meursault Premier Cru of Côte de Beaune as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Meursault Premier Cru and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Meursault Premier Cru

The wine region of Meursault Premier Cru is located in the region of Meursault of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Coche-Dury or the Domaine des Comtes Lafon produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Meursault Premier Cru are Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Meursault Premier Cru often reveals types of flavors of citrus, melon or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, oil or banana.

In the mouth of Meursault Premier Cru is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 75 estates and châteaux in the of Meursault Premier Cru, producing 148 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Meursault Premier Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Meursault Premier Cru

wines from the region of Meursault Premier Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of lasagne bolognaise (mascarpone), whole salmon in aromatic broth or pageot.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Meursault Premier Cru

On the nose in the region of Meursault Premier Cru often reveals types of flavors of cream, ginger or lemon curd and sometimes also flavors of lychee, straw or walnut. In the mouth in the region of Meursault Premier Cru is a powerful with a nice freshness.

News from the vineyard of Meursault Premier Cru

Decanter Retailer Awards 2022 Shortlist announced

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Hospices de Beaune 2022 auction sets multiple ‘historic’ sales records

In what François Poher, director and chairman of the Board of Hospices Civils de Beaune, dubbed ‘historic and spectacular results’, the auction broke other records, including highest ever total for a charity wine auction and record total for any wine auction held by Sotheby’s, according to the auction house that managed the sale. The average price per barrel sold over Sunday’s seven-hour auction also reached a new high, at €35,974 topping last year’s record-setting average price per lot of €34,9 ...

Christie’s 2021 DWWA charity wine auction sets new record

A total of £72,600 was raised from 79 lots at the sixteenth DWWA wine auction hosted by Christie’s on 2 December – beating a record set in 2018. This total excludes Christie’s buyer’s premium. All proceeds will be added to funds raised by Decanter throughout the DWWA this year. Charities supported include The Drinks Trust, WaterAid, Cancer Research UK, Change Please, Decanter Apprenticeships and more. Over the past 12 months, Decanter has donated in excess of £100,000 to these charities. T ...