Ballot Millot Meursault Genevrieres 1er Cru 2019 (750ML)

92-96 JM / 94 BH

Clean lemon and lime. There follows a rich, more than exotic, nose and you can sense the ripeness, which Perrières can cope with. A massive wine, grand cru intensity, which also shows how and why it can cope with the extra degree. Some fresh and ripe pear notes, a wine of volume and majesty at the limit of ripeness. Very distinguished for the long term. Tasted: October 2020—Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy

Tasting note: A spicy and naturally exotic nose freely offers up notes of tea, white flowers and pretty essence of pear wisps. There is again terrific cut and intensity to the even more mineral-driven medium weight flavors that are shaped by bright and firm acidity on the sappy and hugely long finish. This is quite dense and unusually powerful for Genevrières. In a word, wonderful. Sweet Spot. Outstanding. Allen Meadows, Burghound