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Item Number: 6727
UPC: None
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Sub Region: Cote de Beaune
Appellation/AVA: Meursault AOC
Vintage: 2011
Grape(s): Chardonnay
Type: Wine - White
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 13
Viticulture: Practicing Organic
The Fichet Meursault Blanc is based on three beautifully situated
parcels on the southern slopes of the village: les Cloux (60-year-old
vines); les Chaumes de Narvaux, just above Boucheres and Gouttes d’Or;
Limouzin, directly below Genevrières, plus a little Criots.
About Jean-Philippe Fichet: The wines that Jean-Philippe Fichet is making today have few rivals for their class in Burgundy, and they could be unmatched in their transparency and expressiveness. Fichet is finding the very soul of Meursault’s terroirs. Meursault has a greater diversity of superb Chardonnay soils than any other place in Burgundy, and possibly any other spot on earth. The soils intense stoniness is magnified by an exceptionally low water table, forcing the vines’ roots deep underground.
Even if uneconomical, Fichet would rather produce a very small amount of wine from his best sites than to lose their unique character in a blend. In 1998, his Meursault-Tesson vines yielded little more than four barrels; anyone else would have blended so little wine into their village cuvée. But the Tesson was so magical that Fichet bottled it separately, exclusively in magnum. His low yields, the foremost key to quality, are achieved through severe winter pruning rather than by green harvesting. And he believes his wines’ expressiveness is enhanced through a patient eighteen-month élevage, with little new oak and by avoiding aggressive lees stirring.
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