Meursault Les Charmes-Dessus 1er Cru 2024 Vincent Girardin

Vinous (93)

The 2024 Meursault Les Charmes-Dessus 1er Cru has a delightful bouquet with scents of lemon curd, egg whites and just a subtle mineralité. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, not a Charmes with the grandeur or real weightiness of some wines in 2024, but I admire its precision on the finish. It should age well in bottle too.

Burghound (91)

A phenolic note (think olive oil nuances) lurks in the background of the layered aromas of just grated lemon, white flower and the essence of pear. There is again good volume and richness to the attractively textured, even succulent, flavors that terminate in a bone-dry and bitter-lemon-inflected finish that is markedly austere. This needs at least a few years of keeping in order to flesh out as the finish is borderline lean today.

Jasper Morris (94)

From two plots, one 80-year-old the other nearly 20. Picked 14/09. Mid yellow, immediate energy on the nose, a vibrant Charmes rather than a fat one. There is a linear mineral thread through the weight of white orchard fruit, to confirm the fresher values of the vintage.