Representing as usual at this address a significant jump in class and complexity, the Boyer 2006 Meursault Narvaux displays high-toned aromas of lemon oil, orange, narcissus, and distilled pit fruits, as well as a brine-like minerality. Malt, vanilla cream, nut paste, and peach on the palate are nicely set off by the contrasting salinity’, and a firm, strong finish knits together the wines fruit, wood, and mineral strands. This should be worth holding for at least 4-5 years.
Vincent Boyer began picking several days after the official starting date, in the belief that his grapes required additional ripening. After yeasting, the musts took off and fermented quickly, which might account for a certain sameness of character I noticed from one site to another. All but one of the 2006s was bottled already by August, 2007. Boyer was concerned to preserve freshness and the early 2007 harvest forced him to make a quick decision. The wines were lightly filtered but not fined. (Several unfiltered bottlings from selected barrels were as usual essayed this year exclusively for North Berkeley Imports, which I did not taste.)
A Peter Vezan Selection (various importers), Paris; fax 011 33 1 42 55 42 93
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