Coche’s 2002 Meursault Caillerets, produced from a parcel planted in 1994, explodes from the glass with green apples and a myriad of spices. This plump, meaty, deep wine is crammed with honeyed minerals, toast, and creamed pears. It is concentrated, extremely well-balanced, and reveals an impressively long, fruit-filled finish. Projected maturity: 2005-2014.
Note: Jean-Francois Coche labels five different wines as “Meursault,” the Vireuils-Dessous, Vireuils-Dessus, La Barre, Narvaux, and from an as-yet-unnamed parcel (it may be called “Chaumes”) on the top of the Meursault hill that belongs to his son Raphael. His US importer, Kermit Lynch, generally purchases only the Meursault from the Narvaux vineyard, but there is no way of knowing which “Meursault” is being purchased from the gray market.
Importer: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA; tel. (510) 524-1524
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