2007 Domaine Henri Boillot Meursault Les Perrières 1er Cru

($150; negociant wine) Pure wet stone on the nose. Very ripe and dense, with a powerful rocky, saline minerality that goes right for the salivary glands. Wonderfully sweet and fine-grained wine with captivating hints of soft citrus fruits emerging with air. The impressively broad finish really reverberates in the mouth. A superb example of this vineyard, and more classic than the 2008.

Author: Stephen Tanzer

Issue: September/October 2009

Subtle pain grill‚ hints serve as the smoky backdrop to an elegant nose of rose petal and lemon rind that introduces mineral-driven flavors that seem like the extract of liquid rock as the purity and detail are flat out stunning. Like the best of these wines, that is an ineffable sense of class on the driving finish. A 'wow' wine.

Author: Allen Meadows

Issue: 3rd Quarter, 2009