Meursault 1er Cru Genevrières, Philippe Bouzereau 2024
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Why this wine
Genevrières is the Meursault premier cru that gives weight without losing its line, and Bouzereau's version has both. Nine generations on the same slope, a plot farmed without chemical herbicide for fifteen years, and a careful hand with new oak at twenty to thirty per cent. A white Burgundy that tastes of its site rather than its barrels.
At a glance
- Grape
- Chardonnay
- Region
- Burgundy, France
- Alcohol
- 14.00%
- Body
- Full
- Acidity
- Medium
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Long (10-20 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Poultry & Pork, Seafood, Rich & Creamy Dishes, Cheese
How it tastes
Ripe pear and white peach with a nutty, lightly toasted edge, and a creamy middle that comes from fermenting and stirring on the lees in barrel. Full and rich without heaviness, the acidity keeping the long, faintly mineral finish clean. Chardonnay 100%.
The producer
Nine generations of the Bouzereau family have grown vines in Meursault, and Philippe Bouzereau has run the eighteen-hectare Château de Cîteaux since 2006, farming by lutte raisonnée. Les Genevrières is a premier cru on a moderate, east-facing slope of clay-limestone over rocky subsoil, where the drainage and the morning light preserve freshness in the grapes; the plot takes only organic fertilisers and composts, and no chemical herbicide has been used on it for over fifteen years. Fruit was picked at optimal maturity, pneumatically pressed and fermented on the lees in oak barrels with regular bâtonnage, then matured twelve months in French oak, twenty to thirty per cent of it new.
Food and drinking
Serve at 10–12°C. Roast chicken with a butter sauce, turbot, scallops, or veal in cream; a mature Comté works just as well. Drinking now and worth holding five to ten years.