Domaine Rougeot Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes 2021 75cl

Domaine Rougeot

Wine: Meursault 1er Cru Les Charmes

Region: Burgundy

Grape: Chardonnay

Colour: White

Alcohol: 13.5%

Size: 75cl

Producer

Pierre-Henri Rougeot has been quietly producing impeccable minimal intervention, low-sulphur wines since he returned to the family Domaine in 2010. Today, the Rougeot vineyards are farmed organically, and Pierre-Henri’s no sulphur vinification effortlessly balances a natural wine approach with traditional Burgundian technique to create wines with energy and balance. Each individual terroir is bottled separately though often there is a bottling with a small addition of sulphur and one with zero added. Whites are new wave Meursault, so tension over fatness, but still with a richness of fruit that typifies the village.  

Farming and Winemaking

From an organically certified 50-55 year-old vines on the south side of Meursault, near Puligny, planted on limestone and marl. Les Charmes is one of the most recognisable vineyards in Meursault, producing rich, complex wines that benefit from ageing. The grapes are hand-harvested, and pressed whole bunch. After two days of cold settling the wine is fermented with indigenous yeasts in barrel. Aged for 18 months in barrels (20% new and 80% 1-3 year-old) on fine lees with no stirring to maintain the wine's focus. No fining and only a minimal addition of sulphites before bottling.