Meursault Premier Cru 'Les Charmes', Edouard Delaunay, 2020

"From four sites that surround the village for a composite expression of Meursault’s appeal. Aromas of beeswax, manuka honey and salty butter but lively orchard fruit and a refreshing verbena pick me up. Palate is chiselled with dramatic intensity and a rich but fine texture, very vibrant and focussed. As per last year the 30% new oak is more evident on the nose than palate where saline, squeezed citrus acidity gives a refreshing lift to the warmly ripe toffee and brioche-accented fruit."
Tom Harrow, Head Wine Guru

Laurent set about to catapult these wines into the stratosphere and after sweeping up at the IWC 2020 awards for their incredible 2019s, one could argue, they may have reached space itself! They were in fact the biggest winner at the awards, picking up 8 trophies, Red Winemaker of the Year (for the wonderful Christophe Briotet), as well as 15 gold, 30 silver and 7 bronze medals.

Every cuvée is treated individually, without a set formula for quantity of new oak, or amount of whole bunches used, which allows each wine to offer a true and deeply satisfying expression of the individual terroirs and vintage. What we have is absolutely everything we love about Burgundy. A real sense of place.