Meursault Perrières1er cru

“An attractive yellow tint. This is laid back Perrières, but so obviously has all the qualities which it should have, and with a huge volume of fruit on the palate, very balanced, an extremely smart wine with a most graceful style as well as the power. The apples return behind deliciously.”

Burgundy Report – Bill Nanson 2023-10

“The 2020 Meursault Perrieres 1er cru has a wonderful crushed stony nose that is quintessentially Perrieres, very delineated and poised. The palate is well balanced with superbe poise, fresh and vibrant with real depth and grip on the finish, hints of tangerine and spices on the aftertaste. This already just feels so self-assured and classy… Bon vin. ”

Burgundy Report – Bill Nanson 2022-06

“A generous nose, almost cushioned a touch of coffee/noble reduction. Also an open, mineral attack like the last – here with the smoky coffee style of the nose – the barrel. Another super wine. Equally long but less directly forward in the finish…”

“The 2019 Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières is brilliant, unwinding with scents of citrus oil, crisp Anjou pear, green apple, white flowers, crushed chalk and toasted wood. Medium to full-bodied, chiseled and incisive, it’s electric and tightly wound, with terrific concentration, appreciable structuring dry extract and a long, mineral finish. As I’ve written before, Pierre Morey farmed this 0.55-hectare parcel before acquiring it at the end of the 1980s, and the composition of the soils suggests that this was the location where rejected stones from the quarry that lends the climat its name were discarded.”

Burgundy Report – Bill Nanson 2020-12

Malo recently finished, sulfured last week. Probably for bottling between March and May.

“Here the nose is a little tighter, yet with some very fine and pure fruit notes at the core. Wide, supple, layers of flavour. Very long-lasting. This is completely delicious wine I’d like a hint more energy and that may come in the last part of elevage.”

Burghound.com – Allen Meadows   2021 – Issue 83

91-94 – “A cool, restrained and airy nose features notes of various floral elements, citrus pell and mineral reduction The racy and almost painfully intense medium weight flavors brim with minerality on the beautifully delineated, linear and bone-dry finale. This tightly wound effort is very classy and quite stylish.”

The 2018 Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières opens in the glass with notes of citrus oil, pear, oatmeal and struck flint, framed by a deft touch of smoky reduction. On the palate, it’s medium to full-bodied, deep and intense, with racy acids and a searingly chalky finish. Anne Morey tells me that her father farmed this 0.55-hectare parcel before acquiring it at the end of the 1980s, and the composition of the soils suggests that this was the location where rejected stones from the quarry that lends the climat its name were discarded.

Burgundy Report – Bill Nanson 2019-11

A change of register again – clarity but less weight of aroma – faint herb, seemingly some depth too. Ooh – the clarity is my first though, supple, slowly adding a little comfort to the texture too. Mineral undertow to the finish, but there’s more fruit here too – less fizzle but more length. Super.

Decanter – Tim Atkin 2019-10   95 pts

“The Morey’s 0.5 ha parcel is in upper part of Perrieres (PS Morey : Perrieres dessous) close to the Sous le Dos d’Ane premier cru. As a result, it’s a pretty racy expression of the premier cru. Dense, concentrated and very well balanced, it’s a classic Meursault from a cooler site, with skilfully handled 35% new wood, plenty of extract and a long mineral-etched finish. Classy stuff.”

“The 2017 Meursault Les Perrières 1er cru has a well defined bouquet, perhaps needing a little more minéralité to come through, but it opens with aeration to reveal lovely hazelnut and granite aromas. The palate is extremely well balanced with a fine line of acidity, spinetingling tension and here the terroir really shines through. There is an impressive sustain here, one of the best Perrières of the 2017 vintage.”

Burgundy Report – Bill Nanson 2018-10

“A more compact nose, hinting at a depth and some purity of expression. Hmm, this starts in rather shy form but slowly, slowly widens, unfurls, crystalline, fine textured, with fine, cushioned acidity. Hiding its wears today, but texturally and minerally impressive all the same. The finish is the most impressive part today – haunting and faintly floral. Potentially great…”

Robert Parker Wine Advocate – William Kelley 2018-10   95+ pts

The 2017 Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières is built to age, unwinding slowly in the glass with textbook scents of lemon oil, crisp green apple, white flowers and wet stones. Medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, it’s tensile, electric but youthfully introverted, with immense promise for the future but little in the way of immediate gratifcation. This is a cuvée that needs a minimum of a decade to show its cards in most vintages, and that’s certainly the case for the 2017.

BETTANE ET DESSEAUVE Guide 2019

17/20 –  “D’’une précision remarquable, une amplitude de fruit gourmande en attaque, le milieu de bouche et la finale.“

18/20 –  “C’est la tendresse de meursault qui nous séduit en attaque, la bouche est circulaire, créant un vortex aromatique intéressant.“

“A freshness and clear minerality – this pulls me in ! High and low tones, only slowly widening. Really a super weight but not weighty, long, fine textured, but classic Meursault flavour. Excellent !”

Decanter Magazine – William Kelley 2016-10

“The Morey Meursault Perrières is one of the white wines of the vintage in 2015, as the domaine has exploited all the potential of this ripe, concentrated year without sacrificing tension or freshness. A complex, reserved bouquet of Anjou pear, lemon oil, nutmeg, white flowers and subtle hazlenut is followed by a powerful, full-bodied wine of incredible depth and tension, with a strong signature of Perrières minerality through the long, penetrating and precise finish.”  96 points

“A more compact nose, hinting at a depth and some purity of expression. Hmm, this starts in rather shy form but slowly, slowly widens, unfurls, crystalline, fine textured, with fine, cushioned acidity. Hiding its wears today, but texturally and minerally impressive all the same. The finish is the most impressive part today – haunting and faintly floral. Potentially great…”

“Deep, less wide but with a textured weight of aroma. Growing from the core is almost a spire/peak of fresher citrus. Round, a leading edge with a hint of salinity – modest impact but with layers of flavour – contemplative but wothout a lack of freshness or balance. Here is exactly the charm of 2014…”

91-93 points

“C’est le plus beau Meursault Perrières qu’il nous a été donné de déguster. Un vin d’une énergie incroyable, guidé par une minéralité puissante. Il est allé puiser les sucs de la roche mère. Limpide, épuré, avec du relief et de la vie, il coule tel de l’eau de source en bouche. Grandiose !” 18.5/20

BETTANE ET DESSEAUVE     (date dégustation ?)

18/20 –  “Tension à la fois vibrante et cristalline, ce Perrières possède beaucoup d’’éclat.“

91-94 “…There is a superb sense of underlying tension to the intensely mineral-driven flavors that brim with dry extract on the driving, balanced, linear, austere and again bone dry finish. This is very youthfully backward but the potential, and the track record, are certainly present to allow me to have a high degree of confidence that this should be superb in time. Note however as with all of Morey’s upper level wines, patience is requisite.”

5 stars – 19/20 – “Tight, channelled, and focused. Precisely edge palate with excellent focus and minerality”

95 points –  “The wine’s grand complexity all emanates from the chalky stone character at its center. One of our panelists,Mariko Kobayashi, commented that ‘the wine has identity rather than personality.’ It’s all about the terroir rather than the winemaker, and it is magnificent terroir.”

Revue du Vin de France – Avril 2010

“Le nez du 2007 est ultra ciselé, avec une pointe de réduction. longiligne, très contenu et cristallin, il se déploie à l’air. En précision et en longueur, il dépasse bien des grands crus.”    18.5/20

91 points – “There’s still a sheen of oak on the lime and mineral notes, along with a bright structure lifting the flavors and driving them to the lingering finish. Tangy aftertaste.”

BETTANE ET DESSEAUVE     (date dégustation ?)

18/20 –  “Grande race aromatique, vin ultra long et généreux, très compact pour l’année, à faire vieillir sans crainte. “

18/20 –  “Grand vin très pur, très racé, très subtil, avec une tension rare dans le millésime, grand avenir. “

88/100 –  “Though ample, this is elegant for the vintage, exhibing plenty of vanilla and spice…”

“Avec le 2001, nous entrons dans un univers plus accompli (voir millésime 2007), avec une bouche qui explose sur des notes de pralin, de fruits, de noisettes, et une longueur proverbiale.”    18.5/20

16/20 –  “Nez de miel et de cire avec une touche fumée, bouche ample et encore bien en formes. On a la largeur et la longueur. “