Benjamin Leroux Meursault Les Poruzots Blanc 2015

Tasting Notes

Leroux’s wine from this small 1er Cru comes from a 0.30 hectare, organically-managed parcel in the Porusots Dessus, the section of the vineyard bordering Genevrières. Wines from this vineyard can also be bottled as Poruzots. It’s an east-facing site with very little topsoil. Most of the fruit comes from a parcel of 1930 vines that produce tiny, concentrated berries. The rest comes from 25 year old vines. This is a site that is known for producing layered and earthy Meursault (see Germain & Jobard) and Leroux’s example is typically one of his most intensely mineral whites. Vinified with (an almost invisible) 25% new oak, the juicy, young ’15 is already showing a seductive texture – generous and graceful – shot through with a citric cut and a nip of phenolic grip on the compact, rocky finish. In a word, brilliant. - Rob Walters