Vieilles Vignes
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted poultry in a creamy wild mushroom sauce, grilled lobster with drawn butter, pan-seared veal chops.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted from selected parcels of old Chardonnay vines, the Vieilles Vignes from Château de Meursault represents a deep connection to the limestone-rich soils of the Côte de Beaune. These ancient vines, with their deep root systems, yield lower quantities of highly concentrated fruit, imparting a signature mineral intensity and rich texture to the wine. Matured in French oak barrels within the estate's historic 12th-century double-vaulted cellars, this white Burgundy undergoes a slow aging process that beautifully integrates toasted brioche, hazelnut, and ripe stone fruit aromas, maintaining a vibrant acidity that defines the classic Meursault style.
🍾 About the Producer
With origins tracing back to the eleventh century and historical cellars excavated beneath its sprawling estate, Château de Meursault represents one of the largest and most storied domaines in the Côte de Beaune. Acquired in 2012 by Olivier Halley and managed by Stéphane Follin-Arbelet, the estate spans roughly 65 hectares over more than one hundred distinct parcels across Aloxe-Corton, Savigny-lès-Beaune, Beaune, Volnay, Pommard, Meursault, and Puligny-Montrachet. Viticulture is strictly organic, achieving full certification across its climats with the 2022 vintage. Terroirs feature varied Jurassic limestone and clay marls on east- and southeast-facing slopes, farmed with an emphasis on biodiversity and living soils. Vinification balances Burgundian tradition with cutting-edge, low-carbon geothermal infrastructure, employing optical berry sorting, precise temperature-regulated fermentation, and measured French oak maturation. The domaine's benchmark whites include the flagship monopole Clos du Château, Premier Cru Charmes, and Premier Cru Perrières, accompanied by elegant Côte de Beaune reds and rare bottlings like Pinot Beurot.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
13-13.5%