Tasting Notes
Jobard's Meursault-Blagny comes from a 0.5-hectare parcel in La Pièce sous le Bois, another vineyard at the very top of the slope, this time above Puligny (on the far edge of Meursault). Although his stony terroir sits at 300-350 metres and suffers cold winters, the vineyard picks up plenty of sun during the summer. Jobard tends two parcels; half old vines planted in the 1930s, the other half replanted in 2009. Buffeted by the cool winds, this site is picked later than Les Genevrières and co. and yet thanks to rocky soils, the old vines and low yields, remains a pulsating and crystalline expression of Meursault as the note below captures. - Importer Note
The Jobard family draws on an enviable roll call of terroirs – they are arguably the benchmark producer of Genevrières and this vineyard along with Poruzots and Charmes are the marquee holdings. There are also four parcels of Bourgogne and several well sited village parcels (including the renowned En la Barre and Les Tillets). There is also some Blagny 1er cru Blanc and some other, tiny releases. Since grafting his small parcel of Blangy Rouge to Chardonnay, Antoine Jobard is now an entirely white Domaine.
Antoine’s wines are indeed more open than his father’s were when young and there is also an added precision, more transparency and perhaps less reduction. He is also using a little less new oak than his father (only 15%). Otherwise, there is no battonage, and Jobard traditionally ferments with a very high level of solids, one of the keys to the powerful and age-worthy style. The ferments here are notoriously slow and the wines can rest in barrel for 20 months before being bottled.
| Product Type | Wine White Chardonnay |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Sub Region | Meursault |
| Winemaking Practices | Conventional |
| Vineyard Practices | Conventional |