Lucien Le Moine Meursault 1er Cru Perrieres 2021

Lucien Le Moine Meursault 1er Cru Perrieres 2021

and wonderfully ripe tannin in the intense finish that must last for 40+ seconds

black raspberry and a hint of wood

delicious and very complex mouth coating flavors of superb depth and length

Once again there is just enough wood to point out along with hints of menthol

but there is something feminine about this Cuvée Madame (title notwithstanding

This powerful

powerful and firmly muscular large-scaled flavors possess superb mid-palate concentration where the abundant dry extract also buffers the presently unyielding tannic backbone on the massively long finish

The nose offers up cassis

which is more delicate than powerful

with savoriness that’s hard to articulate

The level of new wood and menthol are borderline intrusive and while it does not dominate the underlying fruit of poached plum and cassis

resinous element that will surely surface over the next decade or so