2009 Meursault Les Narvaux
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The 2009 Meursault Narvaux shows the exuberance of this site in its explosive personality. It is a strikingly beautiful wine loaded with exotic pears and white stone fruits. Smoke and sweet spices are some of the notes that wrap around the enveloping, intense finish. This is a terrific villages level Burgundy. Anticipated maturity: 2013+. Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey is one of Burgundy’s most exciting young producers. Colin-Morey works with six hectares of vineyards, three of which are estate owned, while the rest are sources of purchased fruit. According to Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey, the key to 2009 was picking early. The harvest started on the September 4. Colin-Morey did a long, slow press, with no batonnage once the wines were in barrel, all with the aim of preserving as much freshness as possible given the natural ripeness of the fruit. Roughly 80% of the wines were aged in 350-liter barrels, larger than the norm in Burgundy. Colin-Morey finished bottling the 2009s in April 2011. Colin-Morey told me he wasn’t enthused about the 2009s at first, but now thinks the wines have enough freshness to age well. A Daniel Johnnes Selection, imported by Michael Skurnik, Syosset, NY; tel. (516) 677-9300; also imported by Bertin Henri Selections, 10900 N.W. 21st Street, Unit 180, Doral, Florida 33172 tel: (305) 343-4054
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Antonio Galloni, Wine Advocate
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Bright yellow. Yellow fruits and clove on the aromatic nose. Densely packed and juicy, with lovely lift to its concentrated flavors of lime and spice. As tactile and ripe as this is, its firm, integrated acidity carries the finish and gives the wine solid backbone. Quite perfumed on the back.
About the producer
Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey (known by many as PYCM) is a négociant and domaine that has become one of the most popular white wine producers in Burgundy – with a prolific number of cuvées from the top Grands and Premiers Crus vineyards in the Côte de Beaune.