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Pierre Meurgey | Burgundy, France

Pernand-Vergelesses, Pierre Meurgey, 2022

Pernand-Vergelesses, Pierre Meurgey, 2022

  • White Still
  • 75.0cl
  • 13.5%
  • Chardonnay
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Pernand-Vergelesses from Maison Pierre Meurgey is a bright, characterful Burgundy from the cooler slopes above Aloxe-Corton, where altitude and limestone soils bring freshness and lift.

Bright and well balanced on the palate, it’s an easy, refreshing white that really comes into its own with grilled fish, roast chicken or simple cream-based dishes.

  • ❖ ABV: 13.5%

Grapes

Chardonnay

Vintage report

The 2022 growing season in Burgundy began with a worryingly dry spring that had vignerons checking soil moisture levels weekly, followed by a summer that alternated between intense heat and welcome rainfall. The vines handled the stress remarkably well, producing smaller berries with concentrated flavours, though yields dropped significantly across both the Côte d'Or and Chablis. Harvest began earlier than usual, with many producers picking in late August under bright skies.

What emerged from the cellars shows a vintage of surprising finesse given the challenging conditions. The Pinot Noirs display vivid fruit and firm tannins without the jammy weight you might expect from a hot year, whilst the Chardonnays retained their mineral backbone alongside ripe stone fruit flavours. We're finding the village-level wines particularly compelling right now, drinking beautifully with just a year or two of bottle age, though the premier and grand crus will reward patience until the late 2020s.

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OUR GROWERS

Pierre Meurgey

Pierre Meurgey is a fourth-generation winemaker. His half-Mâcon and half- Beaune roots are expressed through two signatures; By Meurgey-Croses and By Pierre Meurgey, respectively.

For his Mâcon wines, Pierre works with only one origin per appellation, controlling the date and conditions of the harvest. The alcoholic fermentation and ageing all take place in vats – 400 or 600 litre demi-muids – or 228-litre oak barrels depending on the appellation. In his Beaune production, the grapes are partially or totally destemmed, then vinified in open vats. Regular pumping over produces wines with ripe fruit flavours, balanced by the freshness imparted by the clay-limestone soils. The wines are then aged for 10 to 18 months in French oak barrels, with a reasoned proportion of new barrels.

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