Matrot, Meursault Perrieres Blanc

Matrot, Meursault Perrieres Blanc(from a . 52 ha parcel of 50+ year old vines located next to the famed Clos des Perrires). Impenetrable reduction overwhelms the underlying fruit today. Once again, the mouthfeel of the strikingly intense medium weight flavors is super sleek while brimming with minerality on the explosively long finish that is akin to rolling small pebbles around in the mouth. I was seriously impressed with the potential of this equally classy and refined effort.

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We started the tasting with their base Chateauneuf du Pape

to break the macro-units of terroir into smaller parts

This is a new Syrah from the estate of Lucca d’Attoma and Elena Celli

The truth is that the wine comes through as subtle

meaning that we see Rosso del Bepi made in 2008 and next again in 2010

As is typically the case this is more deeply pitched with more obviously sauvage inflected aromas of various dark berries

jasmine and passion fruit are some of the many notes that give the 2010 its decidedly racy

” As a bonus

wet stone and a touch of the sauvage

and a long

moderate depth with just a slightly abrupt