2020 Antoine Jobard Meursault Charmes Premier Cru [V93-95][JM93-95][WA94][BH92-94]

Producer: Antoine Jobard    
Region: Meursault, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France  
Varietal: Chardonnay   
Year: 2020 

Vinous, 93-95 Points 

"The 2020 Meursault Charmes 1er Cru has a complex bouquet, traces of honeysuckle, orchard fruit, hints of meadow gently unfurling on the nose. The palate is beautifully balanced with real intensity and drive. Saline in the mouth, this fans out with confidence on the finish, a Meursault-Charmes that is in for the long-haul." 

Jasper Morris, 93-95 Points 

"Pale lemon yellow. The nose has gone into hiding but there is no sign of austerity, this is indeed Charmes on the palate with a delicious ripe apple component. Perfect balance here and a very attractive freshness at the finish. A very smart Charmes from Antoine Jobard. Tasted: 11/1/2021." Bill Nanson Burgundy Report: "Also a smaller nose – quite narrow but with crystalline purity. More direct and vibrant again – slowly melting with super-attractive flavour – just a suggestion of extra richness to this flavour. Delicious, complex, and growing in finishing intensity – Bravo!"

Wine Advocate, 94 Points 

"The 2020 Meursault 1er Cru Charmes is superb, unwinding in the glass with scents of freshly baked bread, crisp yellow orchard fruit, orange zest and buttery pastry. Medium to full-bodied, deep and multidimensional, it's satiny and enveloping, with terrific concentration, lively acids and a long, expansive finish." 

Burghound, 92-94 Points 

"A slightly riper though still wonderfully fresh and beautifully layered nose is comprised by notes of lemon rind essence of pear, passion fruit and plenty of floral elements. Here too there is excellent volume to the more refined if less powerful flavors that coat the palate with dry extract that serves to buffer the moderately firm acid spine shaping the back end. *Burghound Sweet Spot Outstanding!*" 

Alcohol: 13.5% 

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