2016 Jacques Prieur Bourgogne Blanc

Domaine Jacques Prieur

France / Burgundy / Domaine Jacques Prieur

From vines close to the domaine in Meursault. Quite a sunny, creamy aspect to the wine, which shows white peach, lemon and gentle wood spice, though there's no new oak used. Medium bodied with sweet lemon and rock melon fruit and a nice salt-pith offset. Not heaps of energy here but it's good to drink, and there's a nice sweep of acidity to finish. - Ed Merrison, CellarHand

January, 2018

Julia Harding MW

jancisrobinson.com

16/20

Smells both creamy and crisply citrus with a light cedary edge. Chalky, fresh and pretty intense for a Bourgogne. Moreish, chalky-textured finish.

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About Domaine Jacques Prieur

Since 1868, Domaine Jacques Prieur has created one of the rarest mosaics of terroirs in Burgundy. Today it’s probably the only estate with vineyards on the greatest appellations both of Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits, including Chambertin, Musigny, Clos Vougeot, Echézeaux, Corton, Meursault and Montrachet. This amazing collection is completed by other prestigious appellations and three clos monopole sites. Several of these phenomenal parcels of vines were snapped up at the turn of the 20th century by Jacques' great uncle. Current custodians, the Labruyère family of southern Burgundy, became involved in 1988. The domaine, which switched to 100% organic viticulture in 2000, is nowadays run by Edouard Labruyère alongside the heirs of the Prieur family. The warm and acutely intelligent Nadine Gublin serves as oenologist, a position she has held since 1990. Steeped in tradition and armed with a quality-at-all-costs philosophy, the lofty standards of this great domaine keep on climbing.

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Nadine has been oenologist at the Labruyère family's Burgundy estate Domaine Jacques Prieur's since 1990. She has been technical manager there since 2009, when she also took the same role at Domaine Labruyère in Moulin-à-Vent. Well-known among fine wine enthusiasts for many years, in 1998 she was name Best French Winemaker by the highly respected Revue du Vin de France. She is an advocate of sustained farming, precise winemaking and optimal ripeness.